The miniskirt, more alive than ever at 60

At 60 years old, the miniskirt is a fashion classic that is updated time and time again. designer Mary Quant first wore it on the catwalk on July 10, 1964, and those who considered it a scandalous creation with a short-lived future were wrong.

The miniskirt is more alive than ever, as demonstrated by the latest collections from Miu Miu, Gucci, Prada, Loewe and Stella McCartney, and even a classic like Chanel has long since succumbed to its influence.

Mary Quant always took credit for it and said that it was the girls from King’s Road – the street where she opened her store, Bazaar – who invented the mini.

“I was making clothes that you could run and dance in. We made them the length the customer wanted.”“, the designer said in an interview in 1967. Although Quant is always credited with the garment, the truth is that the designer André Courrèges fought to be recognized as its author.

At that time of creative effervescence, when the music of the Beatles or the Rolling Stones set the pace for different sounds, women sought to free themselves through their clothing.

Spanish designer Teresa Helbig is passionate about the miniskirt, a cut that is never missing from her collections.

“I love it, it is a symbol of youth, strength, determination,” He explains, although he acknowledges that fashion is cyclical and there are times when it is more popular than others.

With her rebellious attitude, British actress and singer Twiggy became the perfect icon of the 1960s generation, her way of dressing and wearing makeup.

But she was not the only one. Beauty and sensuality legends, with an image at the polar opposite of the British model, such as the American Raquel Welch or the French Brigitte Bardot, were excellent defenders of the new proposal, which was also supported by others such as Françoise Hardy or Jane Fonda.

Tina Turner never gave up this garment, which she used to show off her legs on and off stage, always on generous heels. In an underground style, Madonna combined them with embroidered stockings in the 1980s.

“Wearing a miniskirt today means diversity,” says Helbig. “Every woman should wear a miniskirt whenever she feels like it. I think that a woman who wears a miniskirt feels very comfortable in her own skin.”she says, showing one of her latest bridal designs, extremely mini.

Weddings, also with miniskirts

An option that actress Sharon Tate did not hesitate to use in 1967, when she married Roman Polanski. Two years later, Yoko Ono She chose the same cut for her skirt at her wedding to John Lennon. That same year, Givenchy created a pink dress with a mini skirt for her friend, actress Audrey Hepburn, for her wedding to Andrea Dotti.

And it also reached royalty, both Princess Catherine and Queen Letizia have not hesitated to use them in their official acts.

During his time in the Spice Girlsminiskirts were common in the wardrobe of Victoria Beckham in all colours and shapes, and now, under the label that bears her name, the designer proposes for this season a new version of the traditional ‘little black dress’ (a wardrobe staple) with an elongated vest pattern.

Singer Taylor Swift, in a pompous plaid mini, Hailey Bieber either Blake Lively, These are some of the women who, in their daily lives, or when walking down the red carpet, show off their bare legs in a miniskirt.