Why The Mini Skirt Is Back On The Fashion Agenda

More than half a century after they conquered Swinging London, miniskirts still spell defiance – and they’re back in the sunlight for spring, says Ellie Pithers.

Several years ago, when I first learnt I had got a job at Vogue, lots of people wanted to give me advice. It ranged from diet tips to the brand of earrings I should look up. One question arose repeatedly: “What are you going to wear?”

As the curious parties ran through the respective “looks” of the existing
Vogue team – one editor wore only monochrome, one had the monopoly on jeans (her library, reportedly, had 200-plus pairs), another had first dibs on anything with ruffles (yes, really) – my mind went blank. The only thing I could come up with? “Miniskirts.”