Shorter Hemlines in the 1960s
There were a lot of changes in the 1960s thanks to social movements like second-wave feminism and the civil rights movement. Along with those shifts in societal views came big changes in fashion. Women’s hemlines had been getting gradually shorter over the decades of the 21st century, but the 60s saw the normalization of the miniskirt.
British fashion designer Mary Quant is often credited with “inventing” the miniskirt, but it was actually the culmination of a bunch of different factors, such as social movements, British street style, and women experiencing newfound freedoms. Stars like The Supremes brought miniskirts to the forefront of fashion, giving women the confidence to wear what they wanted in a new way.