Mini-skirt
The mini-skirt, or miniskirt, is a skirt well above the knees, close to the buttocks. If the top and skirt are all-in-one, then it is a minidress. Microskirts are extremely brief, and usually worn only for publicity events.
Mini-skirts were invented by Mary Quant, who also invented, or promoted, hot pants. There is disagreement as to who came up with the idea first; some say André Courrèges or John Bates.[1] The short- and ever-shorter skirt was evolving already among fashion-minded young women: the designers who adapted it just helped spread the style. In Quant's case, she gave it the name. Mary Quant named the mini-skirt after her favorite make of car, the Mini.[2] She loved the car so much, she had one designed especially for her.
The mini-skirt was invented as a symbolism of the rising femininity in the 1960's.
Gallery
Fashion minidress © Glenn Francis
Little black minidress © Glenn Francis
Mini-skirt Media
Duanqun Miao women, Qing dynasty China. University of Calgary collection.
The Space Patrol cast
The English girl band The Paper Dolls at Schiphol Airport in 1968
John Bates minidress, 1965. Originally designed for Diana Rigg as Emma Peel in The Avengers.
1969 Mary Quant minidress worn with tights and roll-on girdle.
Poster for the Iranian film Hostage (1974)
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References
- ↑ Lester, Richard, John Bates: Fashion Designer, London 2008.
- ↑ Barry Miles, 2009. The British Invasion: the music, the times, the era Sterling Publishing Company Inc. 2009
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