6. Skirts: Mini, Midi, Maxi, and More

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6. Skirts: Mini, Midi, Maxi, and More

1. Paul Poiret, King of Fashion: The Autobiography of Paul Poiret, trans. Stephen Haden Guest (London: V&A Publishing, 2009), 36.

2. Quentin Bell, On Human Finery, rev. ed. (London: Hogarth Press, 1976), 37.

3. James Laver, Taste and Fashion: From the French Revolution Until ToDay (London: G. G. Harrap, 1937), 49–50, 55.

4. Myra Walker, “Miniskirt,” in A – Z of Fashion.

5. Ibid.

6. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast, Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear Through the Ages, ed. Sarah Hermsen, vol. 5 (Detroit: UXL, 2004), 908–909.

7. Ralph Graves, ed., “The Midi Muscles In,” Life, August 21, 1970.

8. Valerie Steele, Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion, vol. 2 (Farmington Hills, MI: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2005), 9.

9. Andrew Bolton, Bravehearts: Men in Skirts (London: V&A Publications, 2003), 26–27.