So when did we all start rolling our skirts up?

[BluesandClues]

Inspired by the recent skirt length issues reported in the paper.

I remember rolling my skirt up, mainly because it was below the knee and I hated it. I remember others at school rolling it up far shorter. Tried it once, and it like I had a towel wrapped round my waist.

So when did we all start the whole skirt rolling thing?

I suppose somewhere late 60s early 70s. Then midi and maxi skirts became fashionable - thankfully as I didn't have the legs for minis.

I couldn't roll my skirt up, even though I wanted to, because:

1. Grew up in a conservative religious home and my grandmother could tell by the creases if I'd tried to roll it up at school
2. I was too chubby as a teen and it would unroll itself over my protruding belly!

But all the coolest girls rolled them very short, natch 😂

I was constantly trying to pull mine down! We were poor and I had my mum's hand me down mini skirt. I was painfully embarrassed and hated the attention.

Late 80's/early 90's we either wore them long (told off for too long!) or rolled up.

That said, our rolled up was mid thigh. The girls I saw the other week were showing their crotch to people driving behind them they were so short.

Do you do her washing? Then I'd just take the skirt away and replace with trousers. Tell her if she won't listen or wear it at a sensible length she won't be able to wear it anymore.

I never did. I didn't want to draw any attention to myself. As soon as I was permitted to wear trousers I did.

I didn't. But we were finally allowed to wear trousers in the snow in the 80's and I was always in trouble for refusing to go back to a skirt when the weather warmed up.

My mum always says she did in the 60s with small heels, while I wore a midi in the 90s with clumpy doc martens. I've never worn a really short skirt.

At my school you either wore a skin tight mini skirt or a long pleated skirt that you rolled over and over to make it skater length. Mid 80s. We also wore long over knee socks with them and ballet flats shoes.

Skirts were not fashionable for school for me - it was all about how tight you could make your bootcut black trousers before you were caught for breaking the rules! Mid 90s.

Sometime around 1968. We had to wear boaters and gloves as part of our very old fashioned uniform. It was our little rebellion.

13. Wish I was as skinny as I was back then! Went to an all girls school so don't even know who I was trying to impress! 🙄😳🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Late 90s. We used to roll them up ridiculously short.

Girls weren’t allowed to wear trousers. One day a girl in my year came in wearing smart grey trousers. She was put in Saturday detention.

We all just wore trousers. 90's

The debates about skirt length are quite frankly, stupid.

Stick them all in trousers or do away with uniform entirely- they'll probably all put themselves in trousers

My school skirt from the early 70s was a horrible grey with a few pleats that started halfway down it, when it was rolled up the pleats started higher up and it must have looked awful. No trousers for girls in our school

From about 12yo onwards (in the 90s)
I see the girls from the local high school with their skirts rolled up, it looks ridiculous!!

But what did we do when a teacher told us to roll them down again?

😂 it was horrific, it had 3 buttons down the front and a zip at the side, then this buttoned belt thing made from the same fabric as the pinafore itself. Under it was a shirt and tie. Over it was a woolly jumper! Deigned to make us all look as bulky and awful as possible.

I removed doing life drawing in art class and every single drawing we all produced looked the same. Like a cardboard box with ankles.

Removed? Remember

@Mamette sounds fantastic 🤣🤣
My daughter likes experimenting with clothes and that actually sounds like something she would wear.

Wow! Good for her, I’d love to be a whizz on the old sewing machine.

I just wondered how long we’d all been doing the skirt rolling thing collectively. Was always a thing when I was at school.

I agree with the poster about a uniform of polo shirt, leggings and sweater. I think modern uniforms are just a bit impractical.

Yes, us too! Looong pleated skirts, thick tights, clumpy shoes, ties as loose as possible and baggy jumpers pulled down below our thumbs. We looked like the Amish :)

It never occurred to me to roll my skirt up at school - and I wasn't aware of other girls doing it either. It's possible that long skirts were the fashion whilst I was at secondary school - but it is equally possible that I just didn't notice (so dim)!

In the 70s we wore pinafores in the winter and cotton dresses in the summer, so rolling up wasn't an option!

1964, rolled up as short as possible. We still had to wear stockings and suspenders so must have given everyone an eyeful, I'm embarrassed for my 14 year old self!