Size does matter!
The smaller it is, the better it is!
It's not too often you'll hear a guy agree with one of these sayings, except that is when they're talking about mini skirts. While it isn't a scientifically proven fact, there is direct evidence that the shorter the mini skirt is, the faster a man's heart will race. I'll admit it. Mine does.
It's been idealized through the media over the past half-century. The mini was a fashion essential that defined the Mod look during the 60's. The 80's rock band ZZ Top entered the mainstream through music videos featuring models wearing mini skirts. It's also the cornerstone of some fashion designers lines, hip hop style or suburban style. The Gap sells their own style of minis while Kimona Lee Simmons' BabyPhat line offers her own different kind of hip hop variations for just this one item alone.
Whose idea was it to take a normal length dress and start to take inch upon inch off? This article offers a brief lesson on how the mini skirt has evolved throughout the years. From the mid 60's to the hip hop style of the 21st century, it's manifested itself as a declaration of youth and independence.
Beginnings - The true fashion icon of the 60's got its start during the fashion season of 1965. The miniskirt was popularized by André Courrèges, who developed it as a separate piece of clothing and incorporated it into his Mod look, allowing it to spread beyond a simple street fashion into a major international trend. The 60's was also the beginning of the sexual revolution. Protection and 'providing for' was no longer what women wanted and the mini boldly displayed this new confidence women held over their body, and their place in the feminine world.
1970's - The 1970's was the decade of the feminist movement and this coincided with a lengthening of the hemlines. Women liked the mini but just didn't want it so "mini". They wanted to be taken seriously for their brains and not get by on looks or sexuality. The fashion industry largely returned to longer skirts because of this reason. The fact also that there was almost nowhere else to go; the mini-skirts could go no higher didn't help.
The smaller it is, the better it is!
It's not too often you'll hear a guy agree with one of these sayings, except that is when they're talking about mini skirts. While it isn't a scientifically proven fact, there is direct evidence that the shorter the mini skirt is, the faster a man's heart will race. I'll admit it. Mine does.
It's been idealized through the media over the past half-century. The mini was a fashion essential that defined the Mod look during the 60's. The 80's rock band ZZ Top entered the mainstream through music videos featuring models wearing mini skirts. It's also the cornerstone of some fashion designers lines, hip hop style or suburban style. The Gap sells their own style of minis while Kimona Lee Simmons' BabyPhat line offers her own different kind of hip hop variations for just this one item alone.
Whose idea was it to take a normal length dress and start to take inch upon inch off? This article offers a brief lesson on how the mini skirt has evolved throughout the years. From the mid 60's to the hip hop style of the 21st century, it's manifested itself as a declaration of youth and independence.
Beginnings - The true fashion icon of the 60's got its start during the fashion season of 1965. The miniskirt was popularized by André Courrèges, who developed it as a separate piece of clothing and incorporated it into his Mod look, allowing it to spread beyond a simple street fashion into a major international trend. The 60's was also the beginning of the sexual revolution. Protection and 'providing for' was no longer what women wanted and the mini boldly displayed this new confidence women held over their body, and their place in the feminine world.
1970's - The 1970's was the decade of the feminist movement and this coincided with a lengthening of the hemlines. Women liked the mini but just didn't want it so "mini". They wanted to be taken seriously for their brains and not get by on looks or sexuality. The fashion industry largely returned to longer skirts because of this reason. The fact also that there was almost nowhere else to go; the mini-skirts could go no higher didn't help.
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