posted by mckeb753
Jan 25, 2008 4:55PM
there's some disagreement actually...most say quant, others say courreges, while other say john bates, who did the costumes for the mod squad tv show...
posted by guest
Jan 25, 2008 6:41PM
Mary Quant was designing short waist mini dresses and skirts that were set 6 or 7 inches above the knee. In 1965 she took the idea from the 1964 designs by Courrèges and liking the shorter styles she made them even shorter for her boutique. She is credited with making them popular since it had not taken off when the style made it's earlier debut.
posted by intermediate
Jan 25, 2008 10:31PM
If the question simply said mini skirt, than the answer would vary between Quant and Courreges; however, since we are considering both the mini skirt and hot pants, the answer would be Mary Quant.
posted by guest
Jan 26, 2008 11:06AM
Hey Fashionista! I need your help, badly. As a Muslim I don't show my legs and the top half of my arms; the problem is our school's semi-formal, Valentine’s Day dance is coming soon. When I say semi-formal, I mean all the girls will be wearing Forever 21 dresses. What can I wear? I’m clean out of ideas. Please help! (fyi I can’t wear tights)
posted by guest
Jan 26, 2008 7:55PM
hey guest 1106am.
i'm not muslim...but i get cold easily! to fix that i have boleros and shrugs in various fabrics and colours.
just buy a long dress and a nice bolero to go with it :)
posted by guest
Jan 27, 2008 9:48PM
Guess 11:06 am:
The bolero and shrug sounds nice, but if you want to wear a short dress try tights! A pair of opaque tights, a mini dress, heels, and a shrug/bolero would be great!
posted by guest
Jan 27, 2008 9:55PM
hey guest,
can you show your back? probably not...but if you could, how cool would you look with a long sheath dress (potentially with sleeves) in a dark color, and potentially on post-winter sale, with a plunging backline?? idealistic, but could be awesome if you found the right one....
and would make you oh-so-much cooler than any forever 21 velour jersey halter (not that that is usually hard to do)...
posted by guest
Jan 28, 2008 7:37PM
hey guest 11:06am!
a lot of fashionistas have been wearing short (p)leather jackets over their party dresses, which i think looks adorable!
like miss celebutante in the middle here: http://whowhatweardaily.com/website/full_article.php?id=521
or mary kate(or ashley??): http://www.eonline.com/fashion/fashionpolice/index.jsp?sid=nav-fashion#cd2f29f5-c5ed-4664-9381-b0a86ac767b1
But i can imagine you don't want to walk around with a leather jacket on at a school dance so how about something like the two dresses on the far right, but instead of leggings/tights you could wear skinny fit (shiny, like satiny) black pants:
http://shop.hm.com/nl/?action=viewoutletenvironmentshowroom&showroom=5&dept=DAM_OVR
Ok that's all I can come up with. I hope one of us helped you. Good Luck!
posted by Natalie Hormilla
Jan 29, 2008 5:00PM
hey, not that you guys need this, but here's the answer: mary quant.
posted by bighugforfashion
Jan 25, 2008 4:09PM
Mary Quant