miniskirt
Sign in to saveA miniskirt (or mini-skirt, mini skirt, or mini) is a skirt with its hemline well above the knees, generally at mid-thigh level, normally no longer than below the buttocks; and a dress with such a hemline is called a minidress or a miniskirt dress. A micro-miniskirt or microskirt is a miniskirt with its hemline at the upper thigh, at or just below crotch or underwear level.
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A miniskirt is a skirt with a hemline that sits well above the knee, typically at mid-thigh level or higher. The term also refers to dresses with similarly short hemlines, and in some cases describes even shorter variations that sit at or near the upper thigh.
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Key facts
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- Chequered Miniskirt.jpg
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- Chequered miniskirt
- Clothing item.designer
- Mary Quant
- Clothing item.year
- late 1960s
- Clothing item.type
- Clothing worn around the waist and above the knees, generally at mid-thigh level
- Clothing item.material
- fabric
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17 sectionsContents
- Early history
- In China
- In Europe and America
- Mid-20th century science fiction
- 1960s
- Designer claims
- Reception
- Opposition
- Post-1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s and 1990s
- 2000s and 2010s
- 2020s
- Images
- See also
- References
- External links
A miniskirt (or mini-skirt, mini skirt, or mini) is a skirt with its hemline well above the knees, generally at mid-thigh level, normally no longer than below the buttocks; and a dress with such a hemline is called a minidress or a miniskirt dress. A micro-miniskirt or microskirt is a miniskirt with its hemline at the upper thigh, at or just below crotch or underwear level.
Short skirts had existed for a long time before entering mainstream fashion, though they were generally not called "mini" until they became a fashion trend in the 1960s. Instances of clothing resembling miniskirts have been identified by archaeologists and historians as far back as –1370 BC. In the early 20th century, the banana skirt worn by the dancer Josephine Baker for her mid-1920s performances in the Folies Bergère was subsequently likened to a miniskirt. Extremely short skirts became a staple of 20th-century science fiction, particularly in 1940s pulp artwork, such as that by Earle K. Bergey, who depicted futuristic women in a "stereotyped combination" of metallic miniskirt, bra and boots.