10 1960s Skirt Shapes Back in the Shops (And the Legging That Pushed Them Out)

🔗 How We Used To Live, Dress and Keep a Home, My Complete Illustrated Collection: 📗 https://clarasamericanattic.com In this video I explain why so many classic 1960s skirt shapes are back in shops today, and how leggings and trousers helped push them out in the first place. I go through ten different skirt shapes from the 1960s, one by one, and trace where they appeared in catalogues, designer collections, films, and everyday life. I explain what made each shape practical or impractical, what social or fashion shift pushed it off the rail, and why some of them have quietly returned. I also follow the thread from the miniskirt to the invention of pantyhose, and from pantyhose to the legging that eventually replaced so many of these skirts in ordinary daily wear. By the end, I come back to the navy A-line on my chair and explain why that is the one I would keep over all the others. What's covered in this video: - I begin with the question of why women gave up so many skirts for leggings, and I frame the whole story around effort, comfort, and changing daily life. - I introduce the straight skirt as an office staple of the early 1960s and connect it to Jacqueline Kennedy's famous pink suit from 1963. - I trace the rise of the miniskirt through Mary Quant on King's Road in London, André Courrèges in Paris, and Rudi Gernreich in California. - I show how the miniskirt spread into the United States through high schools and colleges, with The Saturday Evening Post featuring Courrèges designs in September 1965. - I explain how Allen Gant Senior of Glen Raven Mills introduced Panti-Legs in North Carolina in 1959, and how the mini helped turn pantyhose into a mass-market necessity. - I connect Mary Quant's bright tights to the later rise of the legging, showing how the mini almost carried its own replacement underneath it. - I describe the midi backlash and the move into trousers as part of the first wave that pushed the mini aside. - I return to the A-line skirt, linking