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Happy 50th Anniversary Miniskirt By Jauretsi If you can imagine, exactly 50 years ago the Fashion world said hello to the miniskirt. The credit goes to Welch designer Mary Quant, who invented the now infamous leggy garment.  eBay bows its head to Mary for sparking a true cultural revolution. An estimated 400 minis are sold on eBay per day, nearly 3,000 per week and more than 152,000 every year. Go Mary! You can check out more interesting facts about miniskirts here! The photo above was shot in the Spring of 1968 with Mary Quant posing with some of her models at Heathrow Airport, London, before leaving for a continental fashion tour. Listen to the story of the mini skirt in this awesome BBC podcast interview with Mary.  (Photo Credit: George Stroud/Express/Getty Images)

Happy 50th Anniversary Miniskirt

By Jauretsi

If you can imagine, exactly 50 years ago the Fashion world said hello to the miniskirt. The credit goes to Welch designer Mary Quant, who invented the now infamous leggy garment.  eBay bows its head to Mary for sparking a true cultural revolution. An estimated 400 minis are sold on eBay per day, nearly 3,000 per week and more than 152,000 every year. Go Mary! You can check out more interesting facts about miniskirts here!

The photo above was shot in the Spring of 1968 with Mary Quant posing with some of her models at Heathrow Airport, London, before leaving for a continental fashion tour. Listen to the story of the mini skirt in this awesome BBC podcast interview with Mary. 

(Photo Credit: George Stroud/Express/Getty Images)

June 28, 2012
| fashion , miniskirt , minis , ebay , Mary Quant ,
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