Mini, midi, maxi - skirts at all times
Mini, midi, maxi - skirts at all times
At first glance, it seems that the skirt is nota changing element of a women's outfit, which has existed for hundreds of years. However, it is not. For its long history, the skirt has come a long way before becoming a favorite element of the women's wardrobe.
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Initially wearing a skirt was generally malePrerogative, and only in the Middle Ages it took its place of honor among women's outfits. The first skirts were lush and heavy, sometimes on a metal frame, which showed the consistency of their owner. Over time, women's share did not become easier - skirts were sewed from dense fabrics and decorated with all kinds of lace, frills, ribbons, feathers and precious stones. And one of the favorites of Charles VII and at all introduced the maxi fashion skirts with a long train.
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Freedom from heavy skirts came to women togetherwith freedom in their rights. This is explained simply - when thousands of ladies began to fight for equality with men, they needed and comfortable clothing. Long skirts became lighter and shorter - to the middle of the ankle. On them appeared incisions, facilitating a step. Today, long skirts in ethnic style, motley gypsy skirts, translucent chiffon skirts of maxi with folds, as well as monophonic skirts in Gothic style are popular.
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Midi skirts appeared on the catwalks in the fortiesWith the easy hand of Christian Dior. He brought a skirt-pencil into people, and since then it remains a symbol of femininity and elegance. In addition to the pencil skirt, incredibly popular now has another midi skirt - a tulip skirt, voluminous, decorated with all sorts of draperies and reminiscent of an exotic flower.
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Mini came into fashion in the sixties. His appearance is not accidental - at that time the ideal of feminine beauty also changed. If earlier in the fashion was the adult sexuality, then it was replaced by the teenage sexuality - many mature ladies wanted to look like skinny teenage girls. The length of the mini was constantly changing. This skirt was only a little longer than the waist, until it reached the knee. Today, the two most popular models of mini skirts are a voluminous short skirt with frills and a bandage skirt.
