Is Global Warming Changing Fashion Trends?
Is Global Warming Changing Fashion Trends?
Global warming is changing the way fashion works, according to the Wall Street Journal: "One of the most surprising effects of climate changes can be found in your closet: With the exception of heavy winter coats and flimsy sundresses, there aren't a lot of truly seasonal clothes in many people's wardrobes anymore."
September 4, 2007
Global warming is changing the way fashion works, according to the Wall Street Journal: "One of the most surprising effects of climate changes can be found in your closet: With the exception of heavy winter coats and flimsy sundresses, there aren't a lot of truly seasonal clothes in many people's wardrobes anymore."
Further, "The move toward seasonless dressing is largely an effect of climate change. In most places in the Northern Hemisphere, the weather is getting warmer, and winters are shorter and less extreme, according to the Center for Climate Systems Research at Columbia University in New York. Radley Horton, a climatologist at the center says 11 of the Earth's 12 warmest years since 1890 occurred after 1996. But in recent years, he says, 'there are less extreme differentials between seasons,' he says. The result: Spring is starting earlier by a week to 10 days, and fall is starting about a week later."
online.wsj.com via treehugger.com
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