Tulip skirt
Skirts
Inverted tulip
The romantic, feminine tulip skirt was invented in the early 1950s as a variation on the classic pencil skirt. In terms of shape, the skirt resembles an inverted tulip, hence the name. Often with two parts that overlap like petals, creating a split at the front. Pleats often give the skirt a puffy effect at the hips, accentuating the waist. Where the tulip skirts or tulip dresses of the fifties were often very voluminous and reached just below the knee, today's are a lot shorter. Especially in summer it is a favorite skirt to show a lot of bare leg!