2010-10-04

Trade and Bosoms

Two stories in the Journal today.

Americans Sour on Trade

A solid story worth reading, but the tagline says everything we'd expect from following socionomics:
Majority Say Free-Trade Pacts Have Hurt U.S.; Wedge Issue in Some Races

Another story also touches socionomic themes from the fashion world.

The Bosom is Back (Right along with the stock market.)
Whether evoking the decadence of Marie Antoinette's era or Christian Dior's "New Look," which reintroduced the world to the hourglass silhouette in the late 1940s, the shape is cheerful and appealing. The return of a feminine ideal with some flesh marks the arrival of a more forgiving chapter in fashion history. Enough with the self-denial and minimalism spurred on by the recession. The new standard is both opulent and grounded in realism.
Definite rising social mood implications from feminine fashion, with mid-1960s and late 1940s time comparisons in the article. Whether one reads it as a turn in social mood or a correction during a longer decline, it does show that form the next phase of rising social mood will take, with more clearly defined differences between the sexes.

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