According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for apparel are 206.98% higher in 2025 versus 1920 (a $206,983,060,747,663,572,992 difference in value).
Between 1920 and 2025: Apparel experienced an average inflation rate of 1.07% per year. In other words, apparel costing $100,000,000,000,000,000,000 in the year 1920 would cost $306,983,060,747,663,572,992 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.68% during this same period, inflation for apparel was lower.
In the year 1920: Pricing changed by 13.43%, which is significantly above the average yearly change for apparel during the 1920-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 1920 (15.62%), inflation for apparel was lower.
Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Apparel, over time, for $100,000,000,000,000,000,000 beginning in 1920. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:
| Year | USD Value | Inflation Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | $100,000,000,000,000,000,000.00 | 13.43% |
| 1921 | $73,890,186,915,887,841,280.00 | -26.11% |
| 1922 | $62,757,009,345,794,400,256.00 | -15.07% |
| 1923 | $63,317,757,009,345,789,952.00 | 0.89% |
| 1924 | $62,523,364,485,981,298,688.00 | -1.25% |
| 1925 | $61,448,598,130,841,124,864.00 | -1.72% |
| 1926 | $60,358,255,451,713,380,352.00 | -1.77% |
| 1927 | $59,034,267,912,772,567,040.00 | -2.19% |
| 1928 | $58,333,333,333,333,344,256.00 | -1.19% |
| 1929 | $57,632,398,753,894,080,512.00 | -1.20% |
| 1930 | $56,230,529,595,015,569,408.00 | -2.43% |
| 1931 | $50,467,289,719,626,153,984.00 | -10.25% |
| 1932 | $44,859,813,084,112,142,336.00 | -11.11% |
| 1933 | $44,548,286,604,361,367,552.00 | -0.69% |
| 1934 | $48,286,604,361,370,722,304.00 | 8.39% |
| 1935 | $48,598,130,841,121,488,896.00 | 0.65% |
| 1936 | $49,143,302,180,685,365,248.00 | 1.12% |
| 1937 | $51,728,971,962,616,807,424.00 | 5.26% |
| 1938 | $51,074,766,355,140,182,016.00 | -1.26% |
| 1939 | $50,514,018,691,588,775,936.00 | -1.10% |
| 1940 | $50,967,957,276,368,494,592.00 | 0.90% |
| 1941 | $53,306,973,400,431,353,856.00 | 4.59% |
| 1942 | $62,383,177,570,093,465,600.00 | 17.03% |
| 1943 | $65,079,079,798,705,971,200.00 | 4.32% |
| 1944 | $69,644,140,905,823,133,696.00 | 7.01% |
| 1945 | $73,238,677,210,639,826,944.00 | 5.16% |
| 1946 | $80,355,859,094,176,858,112.00 | 9.72% |
| 1947 | $93,134,435,657,800,155,136.00 | 15.90% |
| 1948 | $99,317,038,102,084,829,184.00 | 6.64% |
| 1949 | $95,398,993,529,834,635,264.00 | -3.94% |
| 1950 | $94,122,933,141,624,717,312.00 | -1.34% |
| 1951 | $102,624,011,502,516,158,464.00 | 9.03% |
| 1952 | $101,527,677,929,547,071,488.00 | -1.07% |
| 1953 | $100,862,688,713,156,001,792.00 | -0.65% |
| 1954 | $100,521,207,764,198,408,192.00 | -0.34% |
| 1955 | $100,197,699,496,764,915,712.00 | -0.32% |
| 1956 | $102,210,639,827,462,258,688.00 | 2.01% |
| 1957 | $103,971,962,616,822,415,360.00 | 1.72% |
| 1958 | $104,367,361,610,352,263,168.00 | 0.38% |
| 1959 | $105,194,104,960,460,079,104.00 | 0.79% |
| 1960 | $106,775,700,934,579,437,568.00 | 1.50% |
| 1961 | $107,620,416,966,211,354,624.00 | 0.79% |
| 1962 | $108,213,515,456,506,101,760.00 | 0.55% |
| 1963 | $109,543,493,889,288,273,920.00 | 1.23% |
| 1964 | $110,478,073,328,540,598,272.00 | 0.85% |
| 1965 | $111,538,461,538,461,515,776.00 | 0.96% |
| 1966 | $114,521,926,671,459,385,344.00 | 2.67% |
| 1967 | $119,194,823,867,721,072,640.00 | 4.08% |
| 1968 | $125,557,153,127,246,577,664.00 | 5.34% |
| 1969 | $132,782,171,099,928,084,480.00 | 5.75% |
| 1970 | $138,263,838,964,773,519,360.00 | 4.13% |
| 1971 | $142,739,036,664,270,307,328.00 | 3.24% |
| 1972 | $145,686,556,434,219,974,656.00 | 2.06% |
| 1973 | $151,024,442,846,872,731,648.00 | 3.66% |
| 1974 | $162,221,423,436,376,670,208.00 | 7.41% |
| 1975 | $169,446,441,409,058,177,024.00 | 4.45% |
| 1976 | $175,790,797,987,059,662,848.00 | 3.74% |
| 1977 | $183,662,832,494,608,154,624.00 | 4.48% |
| 1978 | $190,115,025,161,754,083,328.00 | 3.51% |
| 1979 | $198,436,376,707,404,726,272.00 | 4.38% |
| 1980 | $212,473,040,977,713,856,512.00 | 7.07% |
| 1981 | $222,609,633,357,296,926,720.00 | 4.77% |
| 1982 | $228,450,754,852,623,974,400.00 | 2.62% |
| 1983 | $234,094,176,851,186,155,520.00 | 2.47% |
| 1984 | $238,407,620,416,966,197,248.00 | 1.84% |
| 1985 | $245,381,020,848,310,517,760.00 | 2.92% |
| 1986 | $247,465,851,905,104,248,832.00 | 0.85% |
| 1987 | $258,357,296,908,698,746,880.00 | 4.40% |
| 1988 | $269,572,250,179,726,770,176.00 | 4.34% |
| 1989 | $277,066,858,375,269,515,264.00 | 2.78% |
| 1990 | $289,917,325,664,989,151,232.00 | 4.64% |
| 1991 | $300,718,907,260,963,323,904.00 | 3.73% |
| 1992 | $308,123,652,048,885,710,848.00 | 2.46% |
| 1993 | $312,293,314,162,473,041,920.00 | 1.35% |
| 1994 | $311,682,242,990,654,160,896.00 | -0.20% |
| 1995 | $308,321,351,545,650,610,176.00 | -1.08% |
| 1996 | $307,710,280,373,831,729,152.00 | -0.20% |
| 1997 | $310,406,182,602,444,242,944.00 | 0.88% |
| 1998 | $310,801,581,595,974,107,136.00 | 0.13% |
| 1999 | $306,757,728,253,055,336,448.00 | -1.30% |
| 2000 | $302,749,820,273,184,735,232.00 | -1.31% |
| 2001 | $297,358,015,815,959,707,648.00 | -1.78% |
| 2002 | $289,773,544,212,796,506,112.00 | -2.55% |
| 2003 | $282,422,717,469,446,373,376.00 | -2.54% |
| 2004 | $281,380,301,941,049,589,760.00 | -0.37% |
| 2005 | $279,295,470,884,255,924,224.00 | -0.74% |
| 2006 | $279,097,771,387,490,992,128.00 | -0.07% |
| 2007 | $278,033,249,460,819,492,864.00 | -0.38% |
| 2008 | $277,819,913,731,128,623,104.00 | -0.08% |
| 2009 | $280,556,434,219,985,633,280.00 | 0.98% |
| 2010 | $279,212,796,549,245,108,224.00 | -0.48% |
| 2011 | $285,305,355,859,094,175,744.00 | 2.18% |
| 2012 | $295,010,783,608,914,444,288.00 | 3.40% |
| 2013 | $297,689,971,243,709,562,880.00 | 0.91% |
| 2014 | $297,930,445,722,501,775,360.00 | 0.08% |
| 2015 | $294,164,809,489,575,804,928.00 | -1.26% |
| 2016 | $294,498,382,458,662,780,928.00 | 0.11% |
| 2017 | $293,485,981,308,411,150,336.00 | -0.34% |
| 2018 | $293,585,010,783,608,897,536.00 | 0.03% |
| 2019 | $289,840,402,588,066,119,680.00 | -1.28% |
| 2020 | $275,884,795,111,430,586,368.00 | -4.81% |
| 2021 | $282,693,206,326,383,869,952.00 | 2.47% |
| 2022 | $296,917,685,118,619,615,232.00 | 5.03% |
| 2023 | $305,090,402,588,066,119,680.00 | 2.75% |
| 2024 | $307,202,552,120,776,392,704.00 | 0.69% |
| 2025 | $306,983,060,747,663,572,992.00 | -0.07%* |
* Not final. See inflation summary for latest details.
** Extended periods of 0% inflation usually indicate incomplete underlying data. This can manifest as a sharp increase in inflation later on.
Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Apparel:
| Year | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| CPI | 14.900 | 15.000 | 15.450 | 17.350 | 21.200 | 29.550 | 37.733 | 42.800 | 31.625 | 26.860 | 27.100 | 26.760 | 26.300 | 25.833 | 25.267 | 24.967 | 24.667 | 24.067 | 21.600 | 19.200 | 19.067 | 20.667 | 20.800 | 21.033 | 22.140 | 21.860 | 21.620 | 21.814 | 22.815 | 26.700 | 27.854 | 29.808 | 31.346 | 34.392 | 39.862 | 42.508 | 40.831 | 40.285 | 43.923 | 43.454 | 43.169 | 43.023 | 42.885 | 43.746 | 44.500 | 44.669 | 45.023 | 45.700 | 46.062 | 46.315 | 46.885 | 47.285 | 47.738 | 49.015 | 51.015 | 53.738 | 56.831 | 59.177 | 61.092 | 62.354 | 64.638 | 69.431 | 72.523 | 75.238 | 78.608 | 81.369 | 84.931 | 90.938 | 95.277 | 97.777 | 100.192 | 102.038 | 105.023 | 105.915 | 110.577 | 115.377 | 118.585 | 124.085 | 128.708 | 131.877 | 133.662 | 133.400 | 131.962 | 131.700 | 132.854 | 133.023 | 131.292 | 129.577 | 127.269 | 124.023 | 120.877 | 120.431 | 119.538 | 119.454 | 118.998 | 118.907 | 120.078 | 119.503 | 122.111 | 126.265 | 127.411 | 127.514 | 125.903 | 126.045 | 125.612 | 125.654 | 124.052 | 118.079 | 120.993 | 127.081 | 130.579 | 131.483 | 131.389 |