S.F. Street Fashion: The Rise Of The Maxi Skirt

SF Weekly:

When women first started sporting mini dresses in the 1920s, the amount of leg they showed was shocking. Who from that era would have thought that a century later, long skirts would be on the cutting edge of fashion and short hems would be considered conservative? But here we are in 2012, and if the world is ending, the rules of fashion are going down along with it -- right down to the ankle, that is.

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Comments

[bgofca]

03:42 PM on 02/28/2012

it's too col and breezy in sf for mini skirts. the long skirt makes more sense, feminine but not freezing legs.