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May 2012

BLS Spotlight on Statistics: Fashion

Chart Data

Consumer Prices in the Apparel Industry

 

Apparel and related Consumer Price Indexes, 1978–2011
Year All items Apparel Footwear Boys' and girls' footwear Infants' and toddlers' apparel

1978

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

1979

111.3 104.3 108.0 108.2 102.1

1980

126.4 111.7 116.2 119.5 110.5

1981

139.4 117.1 122.4 126.3 120.0

1982

148.0 120.1 125.4 127.2 124.4

1983

152.8 123.1 126.3 128.1 130.6

1984

159.4 125.4 128.0 130.1 132.6

1985

165.0 129.0 129.5 131.6 138.5

1986

168.1 130.1 129.0 131.1 144.4

1987

174.2 135.9 133.0 135.7 144.8

1988

181.4 141.8 139.1 142.8 150.4

1989

190.2 145.7 144.8 148.5 153.9

1990

200.5 152.5 148.6 154.2 162.5

1991

208.9 158.1 153.0 155.9 166.5

1992

215.2 162.0 158.2 157.2 167.1

1993

221.6 164.3 159.4 156.8 164.2

1994

227.3 163.9 159.5 161.4 165.5

1995

233.7 162.2 158.7 158.7 164.3

1996

240.6 161.8 160.3 165.7 167.6

1997

246.2 163.3 161.5 168.4 166.7

1998

250.0 163.4 162.0 168.9 162.9

1999

255.5 161.3 159.1 164.1 166.7

2000

264.1 159.2 156.7 158.4 168.7

2001

271.6 156.4 155.7 157.3 166.9

2002

275.9 152.3 153.7 151.7 163.3

2003

282.2 148.5 151.4 152.4 157.8

2004

289.7 147.9 151.0 152.4 153.1

2005

299.5 146.8 155.2 159.9 150.8

2006

309.2 146.8 156.3 158.5 150.5

2007

318.0 146.2 154.9 157.3 147.2

2008

330.2 146.1 157.2 163.9 147.0

2009

329.0 147.5 160.6 171.3 147.9

2010

334.4 146.8 162.0 170.4 147.5

2011

345.0 150.0 162.6 175.0 146.7
Apparel and related Consumer Price Indexes, 1978–2011
Year Men's and boys' apparel Men's apparel Boys' apparel Men's suits, sport coats, and outerwear Men's footwear

1978

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

1979

102.3 101.5 104.6 99.2 109.6

1980

107.1 106.1 111.0 101.2 118.0

1981

112.8 111.8 116.6 104.7 124.1

1982

116.9 116.2 120.0 107.2 128.3

1983

120.1 119.0 124.4 109.7 129.9

1984

122.3 121.3 126.5 111.2 132.9

1985

125.7 124.8 129.5 113.3 135.5

1986

127.2 126.4 130.0 116.3 138.2

1987

130.7 131.1 128.4 121.8 143.0

1988

135.8 136.5 132.3 126.6 151.5

1989

140.1 141.4 133.5 132.4 156.8

1990

144.2 146.2 134.7 138.3 162.3

1991

148.7 150.8 139.2 144.1 168.1

1992

151.5 153.3 143.1 144.6 173.5

1993

152.7 154.2 145.4 149.7 173.0

1994

151.4 153.2 142.6 149.6 173.7

1995

151.1 152.5 144.6 146.2 175.2

1996

152.9 155.0 143.5 146.7 172.1

1997

155.8 158.1 145.4 147.7 172.2

1998

157.8 160.2 147.3 149.9 171.8

1999

157.0 159.7 145.1 148.1 168.8

2000

155.3 158.1 143.6 145.5 168.8

2001

150.5 153.1 139.6 140.6 163.8

2002

145.7 149.3 132.1 140.7 164.1

2003

141.3 145.0 126.8 138.8 157.4

2004

140.7 144.2 126.8 137.3 156.1

2005

139.0 144.2 119.9 138.2 158.1

2006

136.6 142.3 115.8 132.8 161.0

2007

134.6 140.4 113.3 131.5 157.6

2008

135.4 140.6 115.5 132.1 160.3

2009

136.1 140.9 117.7 125.3 164.8

2010

134.0 139.5 113.1 127.2 166.3

2011

137.4 142.2 118.6 125.9 168.4
Apparel and related Consumer Price Indexes, 1978–2011
Year Women's and girls' apparel Women's apparel Girls' apparel Women's footwear

1978

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

1979

101.7 101.8 101.3 106.4

1980

103.9 103.6 104.9 112.9

1981

105.5 104.9 108.8 118.5

1982

106.6 106.0 108.8 122.3

1983

108.4 108.0 109.7 122.4

1984

109.6 109.5 109.7 122.6

1985

113.5 113.6 112.9 123.5

1986

112.6 112.6 111.6 120.6

1987

119.5 119.6 117.7 123.6

1988

124.4 124.4 123.2 127.9

1989

126.0 125.8 126.4 133.4

1990

132.7 132.6 132.1 135.4

1991

138.1 137.6 139.8 140.3

1992

141.1 140.3 144.7 146.5

1993

143.5 143.1 144.3 149.3

1994

141.7 141.3 143.1 147.4

1995

137.3 136.7 140.6 146.1

1996

135.0 134.1 139.2 148.1

1997

136.5 136.0 138.2 149.3

1998

136.4 136.4 135.7 150.7

1999

133.4 133.4 132.6 148.7

2000

131.5 131.5 131.0 146.4

2001

129.1 129.3 127.4 148.0

2002

125.3 125.2 125.4 145.7

2003

122.4 122.0 123.2 144.9

2004

122.3 122.2 121.9 144.9

2005

119.9 120.6 115.2 149.2

2006

119.8 121.4 111.2 150.3

2007

119.4 120.9 110.6 149.9

2008

116.3 117.9 107.8 150.0

2009

117.0 118.6 108.3 151.0

2010

115.9 118.1 104.4 153.4

2011

118.1 120.1 107.8 151.4

Source: Consumer Price Index | Chart

 

 

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