The Mini Turns 50: Iconic Skirt Moments
October 30, 1965
The mini dress, designed by Mary Quant, makes its chic debut on British fashion model Jean Shrimpton at Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, instantly changing the way women dress.
November 2, 1965
The skirt then gets its moment, again on the gorgeous Jean Shrimpton at the Melbourne races in Australia.
1966
The revolutionist Mary Quant in her own design.
September 2, 1966
French actress Brigitte Bardot shows off a shortened skirt in London.
March 22, 1967
Actress Charlotte Rampling.
August 21, 1967
The girl who wore a mini especially well — British fashion model Twiggy arriving with legs for miles in London.
June 5, 1969
Jane Fonda and her daughter arriving in Le Havre.
June 5, 1969
A ladylike take on the trend, Jackie Kennedy-Onassis wears a demure length style with husband Aristotle at JFK Airport in New York.
1972
Mary Tyler Moore in a pleated version.
1974
Bianca Jagger with Mick Jagger.
1983
Blondie, live in Philadelphia.
May 18, 1985
Madonna in Chicago, Illinois.
1991
In a supers mini moment, Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell at the London Fashion Week Designer of the Year Awards held at the Museum of Natural History.
1995
Claudia Schiffer goes mad for plaid.
1995
Alicia Silverstone and Stacey Dash as Cher and Dionne in Cluelesssecured a plaid mini phenom.
June 4, 2000
Sarah Jessica Parker as the style-influencing Carrie Bradshaw onSex and the City.
September 22, 2009
Gwyneth Paltrow wears her mini with a chic tee.
May 9, 2011
Blake Lively shows off her stems at the a Chanel cruise show held at the Hotel du Cap in Cap d’Antibes, France.
March 21, 2012
Trendsetter Alexa Chung rocks her short skirts with flats, as photographed in England.
May 17, 2012
Thoroughly modern mini: Diane Kruger at the 65th Cannes Film Festival.
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