[fwdude]

People still dressed well during The Great Depression.

Exactly. Thank you.

[OneWingedShark]

>> People still dressed well during The Great Depression.
>
> Exactly. Thank you.

I'm not sure that this economic "slump" is comparable to that one -- I've heard it said of the Depression that "you could still get meat for a nickel, the problem was there weren't any nickels"... that somewhat indicates a sort of price-stability. This time though, there's been a lot of inflation on food-prices in the last few years (some bad enough that they changed the sizes being sold instead of altering the price too much), couple that with the absence of 'nickels' (jobs) and there's a case for this being substantially different than the Depression.

[meadsjn]

dfwgator People still dressed well during The Great Depression.

Yes they did. In the films of the soup lines, the tent cities, the car-camping fields, etc., the men dressed like they were ready to start work at any minute.

[Fiji Hill]

These songs mention how people dressed during the Depression.

Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore--Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians (1933)

Try a Little Tenderness--Ray Noble & His Orchestra (1931)

A Hot Dog, a Blanket and You--Gene Kardos & His Orchestra (1931)

Puttin' On the Ritz--Harry Richman (1930)