1) Alternative to hot pants 2) It shows the knees 3) Mod garment 4) Mod wear 5) Part of many a Mod wardrobe 6) Pencil alternative 7) Short attire 8) Skirt 9) Try it on for thighs 1) Kilt 2) Skirt 
(from the article `dress`) More popular, so much so that the fashion was slow to die and has since been revived, was the miniskirt, introduced in 1965 by Mary Quant in London ...
mini noun a very short skirt