Fashion divas have been around for ages. But who knew the miniskirt was ancient history?
Fashionistas from the 60's who claimed rights to the birth of the miniskirt rolled in their walk-in closets when archaeologists recently unearthed 7,500-year-old figurines of girls wearing short skirts and fancy tops.
The dig site in southern Serbia was home to Europe's biggest prehistoric civilization, the Vincas. People lived in the settlement between 5400 and 4700 BC. Archaeologists say the Neolithic figures show the Vinca people were highly sophisticated and had a taste for art and fashion. "According to the figurines we found, young women were beautifully dressed, like today's girls in short tops and mini skirts, and wore bracelets around their arms," said archaeologist Julka Kuzmanovic-Cvetkovic.
These ancient divas knew how to pamper themselves too. A nearby thermal well may have been the town's whirlpool spa.
The site also uncovered a metal workshop, suggesting that the Copper Age dawned 500 years earlier than what was previously thought. From traces of malachite found at the workshop, it appears the ladies liked their jewels to be colorful.
Sadly, the birth place of the high hemline will be covered in dirt after the excavation. The government has not provided funding to conserve the miniskirt homeland.
Via Reuters
Add a comment