“THE MINI-SKIRT REBELLION” 1966 SWINGING LONDON WOMEN'S FASHION DOC 1960s SEXUAL REVOLUTION XD49394

[@JohnRochford-w4r]

The ladies looked so elegant, the colours of the clothes were great, I was a 13year old in 1966,

[@johnstallings4049]

Likewise

[@alonenjersey]

Beats the hell out of what young women got out in public with today.

[@Maccaxxx]

London in the 60s was the centre of the universe for everything, fashion, music, nightlife, what a time to be young, days we will never see again unfortunately.

[@drivinsouth651]

I wish I could have been there because there is nothing cooler or more hip and out of sight! Absolutely fabulous, baby!

[@petergiourelas3753]

Yes wish I could go back to these times

[@community1949]

All my friends in high school wore the mini skirts to church and when out shopping downtown. It was a very fun time to be a young person and the clothes were just so fabulous.

[@angelamary9493]

I know ..i was there 😊

[@paulacol2142]

To wear to church 😮that's just shocking

[@drivinsouth651]

@@angelamary9493 I`m so jealous!

[@drivinsouth651]

@@paulacol2142 It depends on the church. The UU Church and Humanists loved them, but the Roman Catholic Church hated them.

[@marshallblythe7240]

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM EVER!!

[@Fuzzbrain61]

What a gem of 60's culture! Jill St John actor at 18 mins. The "electric' dress - the 60's was so crazy

[@toastnjam7384]

The mid-sixties Mod look is my favorite female fashion era. So many pretty girls back then.

[@cuppatea4466]

I loved it too

[@cuppatea4466]

Hey Toast and Jam, we go together😂

[@jimmyharris2204]

When I first met my cousin's wife from England in the late 1960's she was wearing a mini skirt and black thigh boots.

[@fenderac3049]

I remember this period well, I was living in Streatham London in the 60’s and the revolution in fashion was astonishing, not only for the girls but for blokes as well. The girls mini skirt was an eye opener in 1966, come ‘67 the skirts started getting shorter and my girlfriend had a Twiggy hair style, but the girls were all slim they didn’t seem to have an ounce of fat on them. By 1970 the mini skirt had morphed into hot pants with knee length boots, then fashions was evolving so quickly trousers were being worn with platform shoes, but the mini skirt was still very fashionable. Come the mid 70’s punk fashion hit the scene, with girls and blokes having outrageous hair and piercings in every orifice and appendage possible! However there were no obese people, the era of fast food and snacking didn’t start until the 80’s. The mid 60’s and through the 70’s was my favourite period, especially living in London as I did then. Great times!

[@michaelkenny8540]

Hot pants were a passing fad. They never really caught on and they soon vanished to be replaced by Midis and Maxis.

[@thurayya8905]

It was a lot easier to get a prescription for amphetamines back then, the "mother's little helper".

[@Stand663]

That post war generation parents, went through the war, and rationing was still happening well into the 50’s when babies were born slightly smaller and thinner. By the time those babies became young people in the 60’s fashion and music for young people had changed, and had their own income from Saturday jobs and would naturally spend on fashion and music

[@katebemb8900]

Sad to think we are all on our 70s now , Times passes so quickly .

[@kikiLynch]

you should go to the sad old lady emporium they got what you like but why sad ?

[@Dawn-Songs]

I'm still 16 in my mind 😂

[@debra517]

Well, I think we all were lucky to be young then. I think most of us enjoyed those years. Except the young men who were forced to fight in Vietnam.

[@drivinsouth651]

@@Dawn-Songs You`re lucky, I wish I could do that! It requires too many illicit drugs and or alcohol for me to pull that off.

[@bossman1974]

This was made at the beginning of the mini skirt era, I remember them getting a lot shorter 😊

[@john_in_phoenix]

Yes they did, life was great!

[@Dawn-Songs]

So do I !! My dear old mum used to tell me " You'll suffer for it in your old age with kidney problems !! " My future Old Age was the farthest thing from my young mind 😂 I just loved the spontaneousness of those days and the enthusiasm and willingness to try new things . My poor dad's head was almost spinning !! However, it appears that my mum knew best afterall ,because I suffer chronic illness in my Old Age ...but I also have the memories of when Britain ruled the fashion world and Twiggy was like Royalty 😊

[@celticgold4028]

Yes, they became ' pelmet ' skirts. But they were very unforgiving to the shape of the average woman's hips and legs.

[@Supercalifragilisticexpial-r2x]

​​@@celticgold4028i disagree. Larger hips generate the classic full skirt silhouette. Wear a mini circle skirt over them

[@diogenesagogo]

I was 16 in 1966. Skirts were getting shorter & girls still wore stockings. How I survived is still a mystery to me.

[@angelamary9493]

Same here

[@jejepalmer]

As a younger person I must say this is absolutely fascinating to me. I thought it was taboo to have your ankles showing, and so the thought of mini skirts becoming acceptable so quickly is rather shocking to me. Did you ever have any instances where you were judged for wearing such clothing?

[@RaeArnold]

Was the best era ever. 1966 especially

[@Dawn-Songs]

😂😂😂 !! A lot of guardian angels around ,I think !!

[@thurayya8905]

​@jejepalmer At school! You could be sent home if your hemline was too short -- and they measured it. Wearing pants was not allowed. Males could be sent home if their hair was too long. More seriously, in court at rape cases, women who wore short skirts were considered "asking for it" and what you wore could be held against you.

[@bec6516]

My [British] mother came to Australia in 1960 as a four year old, was 11 in 1966 and is now 68. My [British] partner came to Australia in 1964 when he was almost 15 and in 1966 was 17. He's now 74. I am a 40 year old Mod, born in Australia and love my Mod clothing, especially my vintage Mary Quant pieces that I have sourced over the years from various countries. I went to the Mary Quant exhibition when it came to Australia in 2021 - twice - for the opening day I wore a 1960s Mary Quant dress that was made for the Australian market as part of her Ginger Group range, with a black 1960s Mary Quant/Kangol beret and black/white 1960s Mary Quant scarf. The second time I went, I wore a dress that matched one in the actual exhibition which was made in a Liberty print fabric in 1967, also as part of her Ginger Group collection. I have pieces that were from Bazaar and her collaborations with Kangol and Alligator rainwear. I recently acquired a vintage Biba coat which I have enjoyed wearing this winter...

[@Embracing01]

Just look at those classic cars (which weren't classics then). MK2 Jags common as muck, MGs, Triumph TRs, Mini's, Moggy Minor Traveller's everywhere etc, cars that just oozed character and charm. Anyone know what that convertible is at the 1:37 mark?.

[@jagboy69]

Looks like a VW Karman ghia. The clip is pretty short.

[@stephenhowell5611]

Something Italian, Fiat, Alfa, Lancia....

[@jagboy69]

​@@stephenhowell5611 you're right, I played it again at .25 speed. It's prettier than a VW

[@rickmcclellan7280]

The models in this are great , great , grandma's now 😥 Jill St. John age 81 , Twiggy age 72 , Chris Noel age 80 and I'm old enough to remember them 😲

[@valvlog4665]

and Mary Quant had a huge exhibition at the V&A Museum in London 2019-20. Also a plaque was installed at Mary Quant's boutique BAZAAR on the King's Road Chelsea. A very creative era.

[@alonenjersey]

Oh what a time it was. All those lovely young ladies and not one single tattoo anywhere.

[@angelamary9493]

Yep ..we all Grannies now 😅

[@alonenjersey]

But young at heart, right?@@angelamary9493

[@deboramccallum3987]

My first one we was green I wore it with my green patent leather shoes!

[@drivinsouth651]

Absolutely fabulous, Deborah!

[@jagboy69]

Take me back to 1966. People knew what a woman was back then!

[@hmbpnz]

Give me a break. The guys are all trapped in boring-ass clothes and the narration is sickeningly sexist. Stay off of the Internet, dinosaur.

[@frwystr]

@@hmbpnz you get no bitches

[@garypautard1069]

Yes take me with you and here is the thing ,have you noticed how well people spoke back then , no Estuary speak or slang ,just clear English and the girls were so pretty too.

[@kosmoae]

yes when racism was crazy and everyone abused each other!!

[@Supercalifragilisticexpial-r2x]

Why do you say they don't now?

[@spiritof6663]

RIP Mary Quant.

[@stonebarrow5165]

I've always said that women from this time were 💯 stylish & beautiful 💯 better than the trash today passing themselves of as knowing style fashion 🥳💋💯👍 UK 💋👍

[@Supercalifragilisticexpial-r2x]

I think men like them on women though women don't really wear them

[@englishcountryside4581]

❤ very enjoyable

[@johnstallings4049]

Yes! REAL women! Greetings from Annapolis Maryland ❤😂❤

[@ianharwell7500]

The softly sung songs featured here are by Vashti Bunyan

[@b.t.2796]

I wonder what these critics would think if they took a time travel bus to an Oakland Walmart on a Saturday afternoon.

[@Supercalifragilisticexpial-r2x]

What would they see?

[@janicebarthram6759]

Obese people on mobility scooters wearing tight leggings and tight t.shirts.

[@gangoffour6690]

I remember them being shorter than this in high-school around 1970

[@john_in_phoenix]

Yes they were, it was great.

[@nancybingham7298]

Bought my first mini-skirt on Carnaby Street mid-1960s ...

[@judis6224]

They need to come back,that's fashion,and the shoes and boots.

[@judis6224]

@Rosebud-m6c that's late 70s for disco,talking mary quant.

[@judis6224]

@Rosebud-m6c no kidding,never called it a disco myself,don't know many that did.dont know where your narrators from,sounds like someone is just trying to pick a fight.

[@ysgdhio]

Q: Who invented the mini skirt? A: Seymour Legg

[@thurayya8905]

Thank goodness I was 13, 14, and 15 in '69, '70, and '71, with figure and legs for the mini. Fashion tried going down with the hemlines (midi and maxi), but what ended up happening is it all became conventional classics. As an American, I wished I could shop on Carnaby Street! Too young for the discos, the party was over by the time I was old enough to go. What a shame!

[@tomsayen9295]

Note these pretty young girls have no hideous tattoos, no ugly hair styles, and a more wholesome attitude than today's people.

[@JaneNewAuthor]

No bras and no botox either!

[@weeflowers8140]

Great to see Twiggy at BIBA and Paraphernalia Bazaar Mary Quant...and the mini skirt goes on and on

[@bloqk16]

In the US back in that era, at least from what I could recall in California, the girls and young women of that era dressed with style and panache in middle and high school. Jeans and sweat pants were not allowed. The TV show, "The Brady Bunch" does well with showing what the middle and upper class apparel styles were for girls attending California schools in the late 1960s.

[@ShortBusScotty]

I always thought the Brady's looked fake. No one I knew at the time would dress that square. Shows the differences coast to coast.

[@bloqk16]

@@ShortBusScotty Ah! That's a reason why I made sure to frame my comment with the particulars of it being California along with middle and upper class, as that was the reality I lived in at the time; and was clueless of what the teen wardrobe styles were in other parts of the US in the late 1960s to early '70s.

[@paulwomack5866]

@@ShortBusScotty America's a big place. Things can vary state to state, county to county, and even in adjacent towns.

[@ShortBusScotty]

@@paulwomack5866 people walking around with their pants on the ground.

[@thurayya8905]

Sometimes I would see Marcia wearing an outfit I had!😂

[@mathstar4176]

Now in 2023 what the young are doing, YUK !! Gimmie a Time machine to London 1960s- 70s. 😂😢😊

[@kdp8133]

All oldies like you say the same thing about the younger generation.

[@LaHayeSaint]

Many of the dresses and skirts are not mini at all. They are just above the knee. had this film been shot a few years later, micro minis would be all the rage.

[@LaHayeSaint]

@@robbiejohn91368 Robbie -- If you have nice legs then flaunt them. Bodycon mini skirts and micro mini skirts and skater skirts can look gorgeous.

[@sugarplum5824]

These styles are modest compared to what I see in our large college town.

[@mazadancoseben4818]

Sounds heavenly

[@emptyblank099a]

Slippery slope effect.

[@queeniepeaches3972]

As a college student, It seems the area of modesty has reversed from chests to legs. Every girl on campus either wear big giant tees with small gym shorts or leggings with a tube top/spaghetti strap. Never do you see someone who is showing both legs and chest.

[@sofiageorgiou5070]

I adore the free spirit of London now and then, last summer I was also there to see in the royal academy of arts Abramovich. Ilove London, the untamed spirit of London even though it isn't as it used to be

[@kierstenszo125]

i adore 1960s fashion so much, most of my closet is 60s inspired (and part of it is 70s inspired). but ugh the comments on these videos are always so toxic and annoying. guess people don’t understand how fashion works, you do know the miniskirt was extremely controversial back then, right? it’s only seen as modest today because the 60s started the trend where fashion gets more provocative each decade. soon people will be saying fashion in the 2020s was modest. let people wear what they want, it allows for more creativity which is proved by this decade who didn’t care for the fashion rules at the time.

[@radiogramgramophonetoons5802]

Is that a glimpse of Kenny Lynch (the actor/pop-star) at the beginning of this film, standing with a couple of others on the pavement edge next to what looks like a Hilman car. ?

[@paulwomack5866]

Interesting. I've seen lots of programs about 60's London, mini cars, mini skirts etc. This feature, which is from the same date, is showing skirts that are a good bit longer. I suspect the footage of really short skirts is likely "non representative" of what the general population was wearing, and shot using models, as opposed to just taking a camera out on the streets.

[@michaelkenny8540]

Not so. In 1969/70 skirts were very short indeed. Bend forward even slightly and all your washing was on show. Given all you could see was tights (usually coloured) what was the problem?

[@PrinceAndrew100]

Those skirts are nothing compared to how short they got to by 1970

[@donl1846]

Wow, no tattoos, body piercing etc...........great legs and pretty much their weight is proportional to their height as well.

[@Cutter-jx3xj]

Those are not as short as the majority I saw in the early 70s

[@donl1846]

@@Cutter-jx3xj Agree !!!!

[@petefroehling8704]

It's also when girls still had fur

[@peternesbitt]

18:50 She is the only woman to travel through South Vietnam to remote bases in helicopters, riding with the door open, next to the gunner. She survived mortar and assault rifle attacks in war zones. In 2004 a DVD documentary of her life was released Blonde Bombshell: The Incredible True Story of Chris Noel

[@philipjones3793]

AWESOME, I LOVE IT.

[@3ducs]

I'm 75, I remember all this very well. I miss the minis and the braless era. Women had legs and nipples. Todays bras totally eliminate the look of nipples. Yes, I am a dirty old man.

[@bearlutz8114]

Lol👍 when I grow up a lil more I'm gonna be like u lol

[@roadlesstraveled34]

You're right, nipples have been eradicated. I'm a life model so people get to see mine but outside of that, if I have a bra without padding I own body tape to slap over them. I'm rethinking why I do that now. What's so bad about nipples? Nothing that I can think of. And I love when people can admit what they are, dirty old man LOL😂 For me, I love attention and I need copious amounts of it to be happy.

[@paulmorris5166]

I was around in the Swinging 60's - it was a great time. Now these girls look positively overdressed.

[@vivienneandersson6019]

The legendary Janey Ironside

[@nadja_dee]

Does anyone know who sings the Mini Skirt song in the beginning of the show?

[@georgeprice9120]

Here in Ontario, lots of people both guys and gals are still wearing mini skirts and mini dresses

[@lotophagi711]

Groovy baby. I was there. It was great.

[@janerkenbrack3373]

Groovy.

[@fromthesidelines]

Originally telecast as an ABC special {sponsored by Bristol-Myers' Clairol division} on February 28, 1967 (pre-empting "PEYTON PLACE"). Here's the full song by The Gates of Eden: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH7GqaF6gct8osU

[@valvlog4665]

24:58 The white building on the right (corner shop, sticking out) is 123a King's Road Chelsea --- a Starbucks today.

[@stealthracer]

"Yeah, it's nice, but what happens when you sit down?" "Ask Sharon Stone."

[@Feta_Cheezz_Montgomery_Burns]

The 60s when women were women, fast forward to 2022 and the new US supreme court justice needs to consult a biologist to tell the difference between a man and a woman.

[@sugarplum5824]

Ah yes, let's go back to the "good old days" when women were subjugated and LGBTQ persons were assaulted, humiliated and closeted. 🙄

[@billykuan]

"let's get with it, try it on." I think the 60's was one big scam on the women to loosen up. You know free love baby, Sexual revolution mamma, what can it hurt?

[@wickedlee664]

Yep. And it’s ground zero for so many of today’s problems. The religious opponents to the cultural revolution were pretty much right.

[@anthonybelyea1964]

@@wickedlee664 whatever people are sick of adhering to what religious opponents say most of them are the biggest Hypocrites in the world and if you want to live in a country like that just go move to the Middle East the Christian right is what's messed up North America people came to North America hundred years ago to get rid of religious persecution don't like it here leave👍😎🇨🇦

[@orbyfan]

As Leonard Maltin said of "The Mini-Skirt Mob," "Those who like the title will probably like the film."

[@iseegoodandbad6758]

Women had porclean skin back then despite the dirtier environment in terms of horse muck, coal//peat/wood soot and germ laden foods!!! Remarkable!

[@Martinique_36]

We looked fab

[@TheSpritz0]

By 1970, these skirts were a LOT shorter!!!

[@SamDeeksRelovedGuitars]

Ah, an art school course where only 15 out of 400 keen applicants got accepted and given a place. That's one way to ensure your cohort of students is seriously engaged!

[@angelamary9493]

We all Grannies now 😂

[@ShortBusScotty]

In 1967 teachers had rulers and would measure 4" or less above the knee.

[@davidmathews4524]

The girls skirts were very short thay left nothing to the imagination especially going to the top of a Bus Very sexy

[@pascalb770]

Pas de jeans déchirés, pas de tatouages sur tout le corps, pas de piercings sur tout le visage, pas de voilées, peu de jeunes en surpoids ... Donnez-moi la machine à remonter le temps, j'y retourne et je reste éternellement dans ces années-là.

[@LannieLord]

Jill St. John ....wow..she was a never-was-been ...

[@kikiLynch]

but no mention of Jean Shrimpton who created the shorter skirt when her tailor ran out of fabric make her dress like two inches higher she wore it to the races and the crowed almost became an angry mob the thought she was outrageous that is how the mini began with Jean who is considered the most beautiful girl in the world

[@lostintheseventies7969]

WOKE UP ONE MORNING-OLDER,LESS CRAZY-UGH,GIVE ME YESTERDAY ONCE MORE-TODAYS WORLD,IS BORING,AGGRESSIVE,ABUSIVE,COLD-SORRY YOUNGIES,YOU ARENT GETTIN THE BEST

[@stephenhowell5611]

By 1969 you could pretty much see their underwear, with nowhere else to go the maxi fashion came in lol.

[@genevievedolan1288]

Yes, by then I was very happy to go to the maxi skirts…I was starting to feel too exposed

[@oaktadopbok665]

I don't get it. Miniskirts were much shorter in the states. These just look like midlength skirts.

[@markjohn4802]

They're not mini by today's standards.😂 I was always a huge pencil skirt fan, my teacher at school used to wear one with high heels. Give me a tingling feeling in my shorts. 😁

[@tonyadeney1245]

clever marketing --- pay extra for less dress //

[@_Just_Another_Guy]

Nowadays those would just be considered regular skirts with that length. The miniskirts today almost have the wearer's hoo-haa exposed. They are very SHORT.

[@stephenhowell5611]

By 1969 they did back then too.

[@john_in_phoenix]

What is really odd, I thought nothing of seeing my mother and sister in a miniskirt.

[@paulacol2142]

My mother never dressed that way ,I would have been shocked, just so much unwanted attention from undesirable s

[@john_in_phoenix]

@@paulacol2142 I think my mother appreciated the attention from my father.

[@paulacol2142]

@@john_in_phoenix ah ,so sweet that's all that matters ♥️

[@Embracing01]

When people were slim and not overweight. When there was a variety of men's hair colours - blonde, red/auburn/ginger, light brown, now all you see is dark hair (with the very rare exception of course). Where have all the different men's hair colours gone to? why is it mostly dark hair now?. Also not a bloody tattoo to be seen. Now women have them all over their bodies with their kids or pets names tattooed on their legs or arms, how ridiculous can people get.

[@DavidGalich77]

Forgot "Who wears short shorts?"

[@thurayya8905]

That hit about 5 years later in 1971.

[@Greg-om2hb]

“Fashion editress” [10:28]

[@FloridaBiker-t3b]

🍿 holding all calls

[@xxxviii007]

Got it@

[@user-dc1dw2np1w]

Take me back to the good ol '60 , London with only English people , what happened today? Wake up people before its too late...

[@johnstallings4049]

Woke AF

[@Foreverfriends-h9g]

Other than body mod surgeries, mini skirts as short as a belts. Not much changes, getting expensive clothes to party up in the club. Snooty sales girls in boutiques. Models being models. Seems a little too PG 13 thinking those were mini skirts compared to 2000's mini.. 💕

[@direktorpresident]

Two inches below sea level

[@JohnJackson-si5bz]

Those miniskirts are down to the knees. How dreadful!

[@devinisdead4061]

I don’t think it’s going to last long. Women will go back to long skirts soon.

[@b.t.2796]

Gee, you look swell in that mini skirt, Mrs Cleaver.

[@miguelmouta5372]

Modernity lies.

[@marjorielewis9930]

People are carry too much weight todays they will never look has good has those in the 196o when people were very slim

[@MrSwedjen]

The pill.

[@ulrikezachmann7596]

All I remember about the late 60s and early 70s was vile uncomfortable bras, clothing that never really fit unless you were skeletal and advertising being the main influence. Trying to fit in with trends was hopeless. The whole mini skirt thing was so men could ogle and a form of protest by young girls at being restricted by conservative clothing standards. They just didn’t make comfortable clothing for women then and even now we have media involved in the design of clothing that barley covers women for men to objectify and degrade women sexually.

[@spiritof6663]

The mini-skirt was considered part of the sexual revolution at the time, and a very feminist thing to wear. The reason why the women on the original Star Trek series, for example, wore mini-skirted uniforms was because the three primary actresses on the show (Nichelle Nichols, Majel Barrett, Grace Lee Whitney) *insisted* on it as a modern, feminist thing to do. Only in subsequent years, as standards changed, did the miniskirt get retroactively labeled "sexist". People forget their history. I'm sure the miniskirt was probably uncomfortable to wear but it's not like it was mandatory; women wore them because they wanted to.

[@johndean4765]

Ulrike you sound like a venomous hater of men I am convinced of that.I expect you loved it when they barred the mini skirted umbrella girls from car and motorbike race meetings. And NO they were NOT being exploited.

[@kennethmartin1300]

Uuuhhhgg ulrike - what a killjoy wet blanket you are. You and your ilk are the reason everything is such a bummer today.

[@kennethmartin1300]

@@spiritof6663 spirit: As they would say back then, "Right On".

[@gracevalentine1666]

The 20s and 30s are the seed of the 60s, all these garments are still hotly priced and sought out. Simmerman ? Yuck! Wearing curtains is now hip? Nah.

[@louisemarshall9301]

About the worst fashion for fat legs 😢

[@kikiLynch]

omg embarrassingly passe but I love the shoes very timeless

[@dennisriblett4622]

I was 11 .puberty was hell ...if You experience an erection that lasts more than 4 years You may need to see a Doctor .and thanks for reminding Me about AFARTS the only English speaking channel a transistor would pick up overseas .

[@jagboy69]

lol.. I spent over 5 years listening to that crappy radio station! Funny how we missed commercials watching AFN in K-town.

[@rbnhd1976]

The bus ride was trouble every day, I hated it. I should've been flaunting the thing. Lmao

[@technodemic6258]

God, what horrendous clothes were on offer back then.

[@timhazeltine3256]

Hardly. And what would you prefer, camo stretch pants???