Skirts Beyond Fabric, Skirts with a Purpose, looks specifically at the widespread arrival of miniskirts in the modern day Western and European context and how the fabrics have gained their identity through fashion over time and its socio-political context. How the mini skirt came to be and its role in an era to represent rebellion and liberation in the 60s and challenges the perspective still today in 2023 of what it deems to be appropriate in length and for who the wearer should be.

The creation of mini skirts were initially donned as a way of reclaiming autonomy, to represent liberation.¹ However, the challenges in which the projected identity of the mini was created has often been sexualised through the male gaze. Still today in 2023, the considerations of how women are perceived dictates how they dress- typical male can dictate what clothes women wore as length of skirts and appearance of women are often at a discourse and dictated by men due to the nature of a patriarchal society.

My media piece aspires to delve deeper into questioning who decides that and how was that then implemented in the existing context. Skirts beyond fabric, skirts with a purpose. This project aims to look at the challenges of having miniskirts emulate the intended purpose of reclaiming identity and confidence.