Mini Skirts

Mini Skirts

A Mini Skirts is a skirt whose hemline is way above the knee, usually 20 to 30 cm above knee-level. The length is no longer than 10 cm below the buttocks. The development of a Mini Skirts, which became a defining fashion symbol of “Swinging London” in the 1960s, is credited to the fashion designer Mary Quant. This small and sexy piece of fabric has embodied some of the most fascinating paradox of the very old times, as it suggested empowerment and vulnerability, independence and a desire to please, an attempt to cover and to reveal, maturity and playfulness, liberation and exploitation – at the same time.

Mini Skirts

Fated and loved at the same time, the Mini Skirts exploded into political landscape as well and attracted attention from both men and women. Read on to know more interesting and amazing information on the history of Mini Skirts. Interesting & Amazing Information on Origin & Background Of Mini Skirts Although Mini Skirts is known to have existed for as long as the civilization, it gained powerful political and cultural implication only recently. One of the known style pioneers of London, Mary Quant introduced decorative tights and the concept of high street fashion boutique in the world, apart from the Mini Skirts. She ran a popular clothes shop called ‘Bazaar’ onKings Road, Chelsea, London, where she marketed and sold her own designs, in the late 1950s. Mini Skirts was the result of her experimentation with short Mini Skirts.

Mini Skirts

In 1965, after the introduction of Mini Skirts in the market, it spread beyond a simple street fashion into a major international trend. Andr Courrges further developed theMini Skirts and incorporated them into his mod look for spring/ Summer Collection1965. They were worn with white “Courrges boots”, as they were less body hugging. Soon, they became a trademark and gained a greater degree of respectability from the usual street fashion. In the late 1960s, the Mini Skirts further developed into an even shorter micro skirt. Tights and panty hose replaced stockings rapidly, as the rise in hemlines meant that stocking tops would be visible. Soon, minis were seen on whosoever could pull them off on their bodies.

Mini Skirts

The normal Mini Skirts was 4 to 5 inches above the knee in New York; while inSwinging London, it could go 7 to 8 inches above knee. The mid-1970s saw a drastic change in the fashion industry, which returned to longer skirts, such as the midi and the maxi. Two reasons were cited for the same by journalist Christopher Booker: firstly, “there was almost nowhere else to go…the mini-skirts could go no higher” and secondly, “dressed up in mini-skirts and shiny PVC Macs, given such impersonal names as ‘dolly birds’, girls had been transformed into throwaway plastic objects”.

Mini Skirts

The Mini Skirts that was regarded as a symbol of liberation in the 1960s was worn by some women in the 1970s also, but they were not in a majority. For example, it was worn by Germaine Greer and Gloria Steinem who thus, came to be known for the promotion of women’s issues. The Mini Skirts re-emerged in the 1980s, in the form of “rah-rahs”. They were usually worn by female cheerleaders at sporting and other events. The “puffball” skirts gained short-term popularity in the mid-1980s. They were sported by several women around that time, not to forget, the Princess of Wales and singers Pepsi and Shirlie. With time, the Mini Skirts was incorporated as business attire and its popularity grew through the whole century. The mid-1990s revealed how common the Mini Skirts had become through the films and television series that has been made around that time, some of the most popular ones being ‘Friends’, ‘Sex and the City’ and ‘Ally McNeal’.