Do you remember the retro fashion and nostalgia of the 70s?
Take for example the mini-skirt.
Mary Quant, singer of the 60's Carnaby Street Swing, is the first to reveal the ultra-short miniskirt. The mini was shocking, and it's not since the flapper of the '20s was exposed that your knee has caused such a stir. The respectable ladies wore knee-length skirts and the girls were supposed to follow the respectable path, but something happened when Quant's bold shortened skirts, and as the world evolved.
The creator Andre Courreges is also behind the creation of the mini, but Quant has successfully marketed the new freedom of teen fashion, exposing the 60 sexually explosive to the mini. The revealing miniskirt coincided with the birth of the sexual revolution and exposed more than the legs. The contraceptive pill came on the market in 1960 and, in 1962, Helen Gurley Brown, editor-in-chief for the cosmopolitan future, published Sex and the Single Girl, a support manual for young women who refused marriage but did not did not want to sacrifice their primordial desire. Sex was ubiquitous and even more shocking than the girls who liked sex was that they talked about it. And the mini-skirt was the best advertisement for the sexual revolution.
The girls could strut, free to expose their sensuality, and men would have to face that! No need to cover oneself, to hide the flesh because of the consequences of temptation. The mini-skirt boldly affirmed the new confidence of the woman's body and its place in the female world. Protect and provide was no longer what the girl of the 60s wanted. She called the shots, and in her new sexy miniskirt, she got what she wanted.
The miniskirt has remained a major staple over the years as a sign of sexuality and trust (though we had to warn you that showing your thighs will not instantly turn you into an Amazonian princess. sexy, but trust in you the part is yours). The 80s brought the miniskirt back to pure sensuality when Madonna slipped on the floor in a black lycra mini skirt at thigh height. Associated with lace tights and mesh shirts that expose the navel, the miniskirt of the 80s is not shameful and fits you well in the face. The 60's mini was sweet compared to the embarrassment of 80's cotton lycra, which was a part of it.
The mini-skirt was more controversial when she found herself in the professional world of the 90s. Heather Locklear's Amanda at Melrose Place caught the attention of her skirts that were barely hanging out. the hem of his suit jacket. Professional women were in conflict. Yes, the mini-skirt gave a fabulous look to your legs, but was it going too far? When Calista Flockhart's main character on Ally McBeal received more attention for her skirts than for her law firm, the girls wondered if the line had been crossed.
