Mini is a short length in which a skirt or dress ends noticeably above the knee. The mini skirt became one of the loudest symbols of 20th-century fashion: in the 1960s it was popularised by the British designer Mary Quant, and the short length turned into a sign of the sexual revolution, youth and freedom. Mini reveals and lengthens the legs to the maximum and gives a look daring and energy. Its strength is its youthful, playful character; its challenge is the context of appropriateness and the balance with the top, since the short length always draws attention to the proportions of the legs and the fit.
