The 'Mini Skirt Revolution'

The mini skirt revolution

Skirts can be one of the most sexy items of clothing, particularly if they are well tailored not too revealing, but with a nice snug fit and a bit of calf showing, worn with heels they can make the female shape no matter what size, look and feel elegant. Let's make the skirt 'Foxy' again!!

My latest range of skirts are made from vintage fabrics and reclaimed lining, I even managed to source reclaimed vintage zips for them too. I molded the fabric to my tailors dummy to create the skirts,  covering the sizes 10, 12, 14 and 16. This was always my preferred method of pattern cutting, as opposed to using commercial flat patterns, yes it is more time consuming, but I like working directly with the cloth and find you can get better shapes and be more fluid with your design

Throughout the late sixties and early 70's hem lines were up and down like yoyos. If we look back further to the 1950's and think of Dior or rockabilly dresses, hemlines were getting shorter but the knees were still covered. It wasn't until 1961 that the 'hem line' first went above the knee, during the swinging 60's years (1960 -67), it went up and up until in 1967 it reached the upper thigh. It was however done with fun, and style, this short length would be worn with bright colorful tights or funky boots.

1960s micro mini

 Many people think, that Mary Quant invented the mini skirt, when it was actually Parisian designer Andre Courreges, he introduced it onto the catwalk with his 'Space Age' collection in 1964, but Mary Quant flew the flag in London as 'Mother' of the mini skirt, and she made it appealing and more affordable to the new 'youth culture'. Mary herself, states that neither she nor Courreges invented it, but the girl on the street. It was interesting times as the feminist movement got annoyed with being dictated to by the couture houses when they decided they had done with mini skirts and moved onto their next designs, so the young women who were now growing in our universities and in the workplace decided to take it into their own hands and start a mini skirt revolution. I had never heard of it until now. In the 70's this continued with the punks, and people like Debbie Harry wearing miniskirts again as an anti-fashion protest. If you want to read more about this please click on the link,

The mini skirt revolution - link

By the late 60's the hemline dropped again to mid calf (midi) and then full length maxi in 1969. since the 60's the hemline has never played such a big part in the industry as people have more choice.

I hope you have enjoyed my blog as much as I have researching my facts, please make comments on it.

Some Foxy Lady Creations short skirts made from reclaimed fabrics, some true vintage.

References:
The Encyclopedia of Fashion - Georgina O'Hara (a must for any fashion student)
https://theminiskirtrevolution.wordpress.com/history-2/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniskirt