Selvedge Magazine - Issue 103 - ShowstopperPublished October 15, 2021 Publisher's Description: The hemline index, the theoretical correlation between economics and yardage attributed to George Taylor in the mid 1920s, has been endlessly debated. The theory suggests that an upward leaning economic forcast is reflected in upward creeping hemlines, that then fall back down with recessions. At first, one imagines, it might be onto something, with shorter skirts in the Roaring Twenties followed by