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The 1960s will always be remembered as an era of change. If one word defines the era, it is “liberation.”Many of the major social movements that have shaped our world today began in the sixties.If you want fearless fashion advice, look to the sixties!

The children of the 1960s were the ones that embraced everything new and rebellious.The Civil Rights Movement and the sexual revolution both began then and the mood that swept the nation and the world even extended to the world of fashion.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.

The style didn’t catch on, however, until a British designeMini Dressr took the idea and pushed the hemline up even further. At that time, in 1966, the mini skirt was called the Chelsea style.

It was then that the miniskirt swept the world off its feet. Some thanks has to be given to the inventors of the pantyhose, because without that, there may never have been a mini. 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.

The best fashion advice for the fashion fearless is no advice. Wear whatever suits your fancy. It’s your body and your personality and no one else’s. This is what we learned from the sixties: “Do your own thing.” Strut your stuff, girls!