Short Success It’s Saturday and you are shopping at the mall You see some skirts in a storefront display Some of the skirts are denim with pockets and zippers Others have bright patterns and colors Each of the skirts is youthful fun and short You’ve found the miniskirts Miniskirts have hemlines located a few inches above the knee Some rise even higher than that Short skirts have been around since ancient times But in the 1960s designer Mary Quant helped them become a major fashion trend In doing so she became one of the first designers to make clothing aimed at young people Quant’s miniskirts helped create a fashion revolution Young women wore miniskirts to rebel show independence and be fashionable The supershort hemlines on miniskirts made headlines They became popular worldwide Quant’s miniskirts shocked some and thrilled others Ever since they’ve been fashion icons
Miniskirts of varying lengths designs and colors are worn by people around the world
2 A Short History Miniskirts may have surprised some people in the 1960s But they’ve been around for a long time In fact an ancient Egyptian figurine shows a female in a short skirt This figurine is thought to be from 5400 BCE Still throughout history most women wore ankle or floor-length skirts However in the 1920s some American women began wearing calf-length dresses and skirts These women were known as flappers At the time many people considered calf-length garments rebellious But flappers liked how shorter garments made dancing easier In the 1940s and 1950s some US and European models wore very short skirts Film and TV actors did too Some people thought these short garments were improper But most accepted entertainers in short skirts onscreen By the 1960s many young women began regularly wearing miniskirts These women became a symbol of
Flappers rebelled against society by cutting their hair short and wearing minimalist clothing female empowerment youth and independence A young English designer named Mary Quant was one of the fashion trendsetters driving this change
