America Sees Hot New Trend for 2009 : Unemployment

Hip new trend for 2009.

America listen up : Leggings, Skinny Jeans, and Skinny Ties are out, Unemployment is in.

With 8.1% of the American work force now unemployed, employed people are simply not considered cool anymore. Said one Janet Neilson, 18: "Employed people behind the times. What do they think it is? 2005? They might as well be wearing acid-washed jeans."

The growing trend toward not working has been spotted not just with today's youth, but with adults and senior citizens as well. John Filner, 45, said this, "After I lost my job at the Ford plant I freaked out a bit, but once I learned that everyone was doing it, I felt a new sense of confidence. Hip doesn't have to die after 30!"

"How to get that unemployed look" . Maxim magazine April 2009.

Recent studies by economists, stock market analysts, and Cosmopolitan magazine show that this trend has no intention of slowing down. Now unemployed people are forming in groups outside of malls, in alleys, and other conspicuous areas to show off how unemployed they are.

The street is the new catwalk.

Usually the trend-setting unemployed dress in poor quality clothing to accentuate their lack of jobs. A new retailer, Destitute Designs, has already reached record profits this year.

However, employed fashionista Marissa Cortez had this to say: "This is a trend just like any other, and, like all trends, once enough people do it it will be considered unhip again. When unemployment reaches 10% we will probably see a cultural backlash against it."

Analysts predict that may be as early as fall of '09.