Fashion Foretells the Future

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Alan Greenspan apparently believed men’s underwear sales were an economic indicator. That's good news, because sales are up this year. But we'll have to check in with the all-important hemline and heel-height indexes before making any decisive fiscal assessments.—EL [WWD]