A-hem.

True to form, hemlines are following the economy down, down, down.

This means that while I continue to worry about losing my job, I no longer have to worry about wearing my Laura Ashley Scottish wool hounds-print suit with velvet around the collar, sleeves and buttons because it is back in style! (Yes, Laura Ashley in London used to have funky-non-flowery clothes!) It also means that my floor-length Calvin Klein spaghetti-strap silk dress is in style.

Good thing, since I've worn both pieces this year in my attempt to wear the clothes that I have in my closet. The suit received kudos at work and the silk dress was deeply appreciated by my special someone at the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York. (See how hiatus helps?)

But I wonder whether I'm contributing to the perception of the state of everything in the toilet by pulling out these vintage pieces. Should I be pulling out my micro-minis instead, in an attempt to boost up the failing economy?

With some very chilly winter weather in the northern hemisphere, all I can say is that I'll do my part, but maybe not until the spring.