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A bit of history

Once a decent woman and did not dare to think aboutto show at least an ankle. The skirts were heavy, long, with a lot of folds and frills. However, the noble ladies could afford to move majestically and leisurely in their outfits. Girls from the common people needed to succeed at home, so their skirts were somewhat shorter and easier to cut. But the 1920s forced women to reconsider their principles and start wearing straight skirts without any frills, up to the middle of caviar: World War I struck such a blow to the economy, that the skirts of the former length and luxury simply did not have money. It was necessary to save everything, including fabric. But before the mini was still far. For the first time, a mini-skirt appeared on the screen in 1956 year. Actress Anne Francis in the movie "Forbidden Planet" frankly demonstrated the beauty of her legs. But, of course, this was not enough to make the mini become fashionable. Here, without the intervention of bold and decisive fashion designers, there was no way to get by!

The ancestors of the mini

Superiority in the creation of mini-skirts are divided among themselvesMary Kuant and Andre Kurrezh. But they followed different - if not completely opposite ways. In the collections of Courreges mini appeared in 1961 year. But his models could not appear in the wardrobes of ordinary townspeople, if only because Kurrezh was a representative of "haute couture" and an adherent of the style of the avant-garde. With Mary Quant everything turned out quite differently. This young and charming designer girl held a clothing store for London youth, and was able to accurately predict what her clients needed. The idea of ​​a mini-skirt, according to Mary, prompted her friend, shortened the petticoat so that it was more convenient to do cleaning. The designer noticed that this length does not impede the movements, and should be very convenient for everyday wear. In 1962, skirts and mini dresses appeared in the Mary store, and were enthusiastically received by young people, and the older generation was shocked. "Ugliness! How can you wear a skirt, which requires less tissue than on a handkerchief! "- protested the proprietors of decency. Many designers, including Coco Chanel, also considered this length unacceptable. According to Chanel - knees should be hidden as "the most ugly part of the female body." But the youth continued to shorten the skirts and dresses. This wave was no longer stopping! Later, Mary confessed that the story with a friend - a lover of cleaning, she came up with herself, so that her idea did not look too defiant. In fact, she just intuitively realized that her customers - young, not afraid to attract the attention of the girl - have long wanted to wear short clothes.

Mini conquers the world

Of course, the first female fans of mini steel girlsfrom simple families. Secular ladies continued to adhere to the old traditions. But in 1965, at the races in Melbourne, among the refined ladies in hats and gloves, appeared the model Jean Shrimpton in a simple white mini dress. And this forced the girls from noble families to reconsider their tastes in clothes. It is worth noting that the mini of those times was longer than we used to imagine - just 10 cm above the knee. This length is still considered a classic for mini. In the Soviet Union, the mini came thanks to Vyacheslav Zaitsev, who first dared to include this length in his collections. In the 1970s, interest in the mini vanished, and long skirts reappeared. But in 1980, mini again returned to the podiums and streets of cities, because the fashion is cyclical - nothing in it does not disappear without a trace, but only returns every time in an updated form.

Androgyny

In the era of the 60's, when the fashion was lush forms,fragile girl Leslie Hornby (Twiggy) has made a real revolution in the minds of progressive youth. According to some fashionable critics, it was she who initiated the birth of the style of unisex. And, thanks to her, there was a fashion for leanness on the podium, which continues to this day. Twiggy has become one of the first supermodels of the world. With an increase of 165 cm, its weight was only 45 kg. And her teenage thinness and angular facial features delighted many designers and editors of glossy magazines. Her short image was a short haircut with a smooth bang, fluffy eyelashes (often used false eyelashes in several rows), smoky makeup, dresses in style baby-dollars, clothes of simple cut, practically devoid of external decoration, simple accessories or their complete absence. In general, her style of clothes combined something from rock and roll, punk culture, hippies. If you want to dress in the style of Twiggy, you should stick to her principle of making a wardrobe: "The main thing is not the cost of clothes, but the self-confidence ". It will be necessary to remove into the far box: thongs, skirt-pants, jeans with a low waist, mini-skirts, kapron tights, uncomfortable shoes. You will need to purchase: short dresses with straight sleeves, jeans with high waist, pencil skirt, V-neck blouse.

Make up like Twiggy

To look like a touching "reed" withsad-childish face, you need to start to level the skin tone. If you have freckles on your face, use only transparent powder, because they also had Twiggy. You can put a little blush on the cheekbones, but they should be barely noticeable. It is recommended to refuse bronzers and shimmer. Lips can be made up with a transparent shine or lip balm with a flicker effect. Eyebrows are allowed to emphasize in pencil. Their bending and color should look as natural as possible. Particular attention will need to be given to the makeup of the eyes. On the upper eyelid you need to put light basaltic shadows, and the fold of the century to emphasize the shadows of the coffee shade and slightly shade them to make the transition smoother. Next, in the upper eyelid, you need to draw an arrow with a pencil or liquid eyeliner, without stepping on the edges. To make the look more expressive, use false eyelashes. Cilia in the lower eyelid can be painted by a thin brush.