The True History of Hot Pants
I rely on Wikipedia quite a bit, and get upset when I discover an error. I have done so in their entry on Hot Pants.
Wikipedia attributes the invention of Hot Pants--which they specifically equate with "short shorts"--to UK designer Mary Quant. What a slur on American ingenuity!
You can see below the use of the term and the style in a 1950 issue of Life magazine.
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Original 1950 article here.
And again, in a 1956 issue.
Plainly, Wikipedia is in grave error on this important scholarly matter.
Wikipedia attributes the invention of Hot Pants--which they specifically equate with "short shorts"--to UK designer Mary Quant. What a slur on American ingenuity!
You can see below the use of the term and the style in a 1950 issue of Life magazine.
[Click second instance of caption to enlarge]
Original 1950 article here.
And again, in a 1956 issue.
Plainly, Wikipedia is in grave error on this important scholarly matter.
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