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Posted on avril 2nd, 2009 by claudie.
Categories: fashion, miniskirt.

Mary Quant
The miniskirt : a revolution in the
sixties fashion
The miniskirt has revolutionized the sixties unveiling the women legs as never as before. Two names, Mary Quant and André Courrèges, have been connected with this creation, wich is still wearing today straight or pleated. It was created in England for the first time before to conquer France and finally be popularized fast all over the world.
The first one was sold in 1962, in a clothes shop of Kings Road, Chelsea London, called Bazaar. This miniskirt, so short for that time was imagined by Mary Quant, a young fashion self-taught stylist who had created this model for herself and for her girlfriends in first time.
At this time, the miniskirt, made the women could exprime and show to all people around them they existed and they were now independant and free, particulary in front of the paternal autority for wich they had the biggest respect. Women wanted to provoke the men and be considered on a same equality’s plan in order to show they were free with their acts . The miniskirt was the big independence’s symbol for the women.
In the fashion’s world, the sixties are a turning point : this is the period of the the economical bang, the american culture spread, the liberation of the way of life, the contestation wich upset the standards.
In some lands as Netherland, this clothes was even prohibited because judged too much provocative.
Even when the contraceptive pill appears on the market in 1961 , this clothes had been regarded as a liberation symbol.The filiform top-model Twiggy, who defiles with Mary Quant’s miniskirt, becomes the personnification of this revolution.
The textil industry popularizes the miniskirt in order to women and teenagers can appropriate themselves the miniskirt for a modest price.
Its succes marks the beginning of the pantihose’ s era and the stocking’s end .
I find now the miniskirt shouldn’t provoc chocs no more, but it sounds be still a source of provocation for some people in fonction of their education. I find that ridiculous. But this is a reality and the value of its symbol seems to loose its sens.
“This is the “talk”, Mélissa presented at school. She told me her teacher liked it and talked to them the way she had lived this period. She wasn’t in the spirit miniskirt at this time and she was very shy. Today she’s the contrary. Nice for her!
You can find still some errors in this homework because the teacher didn’t give her the correction still.


Twiggy the mary Quant’s top model.
As Mélissa I find the miniskirt was a nice invention and you?