Mini Skirt ... Apparently there was no shortage of mousse and hairspray back then. Just like this flashback, others recall the 1970s, and some the 1960s or 50s...
White Skirt ... Long flowing dresses that are made of light material just don’t hold up to the harsh conditions that winter can bring. Many people shy away from wearing this color during the winter because it is so light and airy...
Ramses knelt beside Amon ... and He took one end of His skirt and wiped all that was black from the God’s face, kissing the God on the lips even though His own mouth blossomed at once into two great blisters which He wore in combat.
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)
...I discovered that I could take a risk and survive. I could march in Philadelphia. I could go out in the street and be gay even in a dress or a skirt without getting shot. Each victory gave me courage for the next one.
—Martha Shelley, U.S. author and social activist. As quoted in Making History, part 3, by Eric Marcus (1992)
...there was the annual Fourth of July picketing at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. ...I thought it was ridiculous to have to go there in a skirt. But I did it anyway because it was something that might possibly have an effect. I remember walking around in my little white blouse and skirt and tourists standing there eating their ice cream cones and watching us like the zoo had opened.
—Martha Shelley, U.S. author and social activist. As quoted in Making History, part 3, by Eric Marcus (1992)