Remember the super mini skirts back in the sixties? As one newspaper headline read, “Eyebrows as high as the hems.” That’s right. As women (and not just young women) began wearing shorter and shorter skirts, there were certain people who felt a need to control those wayward and “immoral” ladies.
Just a Quick Trend – NOT
In 1966, it was announced that the mini skirt was on its way out in the fashion world. Newspapers desperately attempted to convince women that mini skirts were old and certainly not on the cutting edge of high fashion. However, in spite of the high morals of the fashion twats, the mini skirt trend continued. [1]
Sent Home From Work
A young telephone exchange girl in Sydney, Australia was sent home from work in 1966 because she wore a mini skirt. A spokesperson for the company said that she was distracting the technicians who could not concentrate on their work. In retaliation to the company, all of its young women employees showed up for work in mini skirts the next day. [2]
Russian Women
Russian teenagers loved the Western mini skirt. In 1966, these young women were officially told that the mini skirt was “alright for communism.” [3]
Mini Skirts are Here to Stay
By early 1967, U.S. fashion gurus caved in to women’s demands and admitted that the mini skirt was here to stay. While top designers were shying away from the mini skirt, there were plenty of other smaller designers who were willing to fill the niche and charge a high price for the skirts. [4]
The Mini Skirt Rebellion
In 1967, The Mini Skirt Rebellion was aired on television. Many older women came forward and admitted that they wished they were young again so that they could get in with the fashion. [5]
Vatican Ban
The Vatican police banned women from wearing mini skirts in the Sistine Chapel, St. Peters Basilica, and the Vatican museums in 1967. [6]
Rape is the Fault of Women
Rape is a woman’s fault. In 1967, the Paris police blamed the mini skirt for the increase of rape cases. They made it clear that women were intentionally making themselves the victims of rape by wearing mini skirts. Never mind that a rapist should be able to control himself over the sight of a bit of leg. [7]
Mini Skirt Riot
Things got ugly in 1968 when in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, anti-mini skirt demonstrators spread terror in the city. The group of angry Ethiopian men hated mini skirts so much that they dragged prominent Ethiopian women and models out into the streets, punched them repeatedly and pelted them with rotten eggs. [8]
Down with the Mini
Designer John Norman, the director of design at Vogue-Butternick patterns, announced to the world that the mini skirt was officially dead. But it wasn’t. [9]
The Men Slapped Them
In Kampala, Uganda, 1969, a group of 50 men got it in their heads to attack any woman wearing a mini skirt. They felt that these women were a disgrace and began slapping these women and tearing their clothes. Never mind that it is a disgrace and immoral to attack and harm another human being. [10]
