The Mini Skirt Trend Isn't Only For ‘Young’ People
05.04.2022 - 21:09
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Emily in Paris. The skirts, she says, looked very familiar. It’s 2022, and the mini skirt is back. Hemlines are creeping towards crotch level; inner thighs are once again getting fresh air.
The ubiquity of this season's Miu Miu micro mini, which looks like a teen girl used an office paper cutter to hack up her Catholic school uniform, is almost comical. The skirt has been seen on half a dozen magazine covers, and worn by Zendaya, Naomi Campbell, Hailey Baldwin, and Hunter Schafer. “Mini Skirts Make Their Return” the New York Times proclaimed.
“The Micro-Mini Skirt is Fall 2022’s Biggest Trend at NYFW,” wrote Nylon. WhoWhatWear announced that “The Micro Miniskirt Is Taking Over the Streets of Paris.” The question is not if your genitals will have direct contact with the elements; the question is when. And the other question is–will people of all ages partake? The generation that came of age with the first mini skirts are now in their 60s, 70s, and 80s.
Why should they be deprived of the trend they helped invent?This content can also be viewed on the site it from.“I have legs, and I like them. Period,” says Arlinda McIntosh, 65, a proud designer and wearer of mini-skirts. She likes a short skirt with a good twirl and sense of whimsy.
Short skirts make people feel happy, she says. And they’re particularly good for older women. They “lend themselves to the menopausal age,” she laughs.
In a skirt, you get “free air conditioning.” Plenty of women have reached out to cheer her on. Others, she said, have commented, “Don’t you think maybe you’re a little too old for that?” She always responds the same way: “Don’t you feel you’re too old not to?” McIntosh laughs. “At 50, 60, and 70 if you can’t do what you want, damn! When are you
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