
The first miniskirt is notably marketed in 1962 in a boutique called Bazaar on King's Road in the neighborhood of Chelsea in London . Mary Quant , was then a young designer of fashion , autodidact, whose design was style Pop and responded well to the eclecticism of baby boomers in the United Kingdom in terms of look (culture Mods ) . Mary Quant admits that the first fart skirt she made (better known as the "mini" from the eponymous car 6) was intended for him . She also specifies that she "imagined the mini-skirt for women who have to run behind a bus" . Then she started to dress her friends who were fun and challenging to show their legs . She claims that her idea came from the short beach dresses she saw in Saint-Tropez : rumor has it that the young stylist got her first miniskirt at the Arts store in Saint-Tropez before launching the one. vogue in Great Britain .