If you’re looking for bold fashion advice, then look back to the sixties, the era of freedom and liberation. That was perhaps the era of greater social change than any era since. The world as we know it today would not be here if not for the sixties.

From the Civil Rights Movement to Women’s liberation, the 60s paved the way. This era of liberation even spread to the fashion industry. No other lasting item of apparel proves this point more than the mini skirt.

Some spell it mini skirt, some spell it mini-skirt and some spell it miniskirt. No matter how it’s spelled, it’s the same: it’s very short and very sexy. It’s been that way ever since a French fashion house moved the hemlines of skirts up several inches above the knees in 1964.

For some reason, though, it took a 1966 version of the skirt to make it catch on. It was the even higher hemlined Chelsea style skirt that grabbed the world’s attention.

It was then that the miniskirt swept the world off its feet. Young women, recently liberated from girdles, thanks to the invention of pantyhouse, embraced the mini with a passion. Before long, every self-respecting woman under the age of 30 was turning heads on the streets and in the nightclubs of London, New York and San Francisco in a mini skirt.

Since their heyday in the 60s, miniskirts have gone in and out of fashion, but they have never completely disappeared. Today, they are made from just about any fabric. While the denim skirt is probably the one seen the most on the streets, minis are made from everything from leather to lycra and styles, while always bold, are also absolutely outrageous, too.

If you’re looking for fearless fashion advice, take it from the sixties. The sixties told us to do our own thing and “if it feels good, do it.” Don’t listen to anybody else, girls – do what you want!

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