mini dress

Thigh-baring garment

A mini dress is a dress with a hemline well above the knee, typically mid-thigh or higher.

The style emerged in the 1960s as a symbol of youth culture and liberation: She wore a mini dress to the party.

Often shortened to mini: That mini looks great on you.

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Opposites
hemline length

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Long informal women's garment

floor-length dress · evening gown · ball gown · ankle-length dress · midi dress

formality/modesty

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1800s women's formal attire

abaya · burqa · prairie dress

formality

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Elegant full-length dress

ceremonial robes · wedding dress · ball gown · court dress

Family

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Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G