There were more pants, too, than in recent seasons when the dress ruled the runways. Even designers who showed shorter dresses paired them with leg-warmers for a less leggy look.
Oscar de la Renta showed long, slim skirts for daytime, while Michael Kors had the slim shape just below the knee as well as free-flowing knits that grazed the floor.
The old saying that hemlines go up in a good economy and down in a bad one is not always the case, but many did see the longer hemline as a reflection of the Great Recession.
