miniskirt

miniskirt
miniskirt (n.) also mini-skirt, 1965, from MINI- (Cf. mini-) + SKIRT (Cf. skirt) (n.); reputedly the invention of French fashion designer André Courrèges (b.1923).
"The miniskirt enables young ladies to run faster, and because of it, they may have to." [John V. Lindsay, "New York Times," Jan. 13, 1967]
Related: Miniskirted.

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