Politicians and economists may niff and naff about a country’s economic health, but history has shown us that for the aam janta fashion and finance go together. Women’s dresses get shorter when the stock markets are high and the hemlines go lower in times of recession. A slump in men’s underwear sales indicates a poor or struggling economy.

Ditto with haircuts, first dates, lipstick sales, garbage dumps, and bubbly buys! Some may call these bizarre economic indicators, but studies indicate that there is a link between the economy and the Hemline Index Theory..