Fashion Week: Put Your Mini in Storage

There have been many studies that show that the hemlines presented during fashion week directly correlate to the state of the economy. Short skirts indicate prosperity is in the air; long skirts brace us for harder times. I hate to break it to you, but the knee-length skirt has been the preferred hemline of the Spring 2008 shows so far.

Bad news for investors, but good news for fashionistas. After a string of overexposed celebrities so long that we have actually become numb to the idea of pretty young things exposing their crotches to the world-- c'mon, try and tell me the whole naked Vanessa Hudgens thing made you pause for more than two seconds-- being demure actually feels fresh and exciting. The knee-length skirts that have been parading down the runway look sexy in that '40s pin-up kind of way. This is the kind of sexy that leaves 'em begging for more, not reaching for a cigarette. I think I'm going to like this.

l-r: Lacoste, J.Mendel, Chaiken
photos: getty images (via: http://mbfashionweek.com, visit to see full size of the thumbnails pictured here and the full photo collection)




l-r: Badgley Mischka, Vera Wang, Ports 1961
photos: getty images (via: http://mbfashionweek.com, visit the site to see full size of the thumbnails pictured here and the full photo collection)

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