What’s a trendy skirt length these days?

There was one hemline till the 1920s — and that was long. Though women who worked sometimes wore dresses that ended an inch or so above the floor, for ease. A shorter hem length denoted a lower class.

During World War I, women became a part of the workforce and hemlines began to rise. It was hard to bring them back down.

The Flapper Dress of the 1920s took hemlines (controversially) up to the knee. Sometimes the knee was exposed. Women were starting to enjoy a social progression.

A decade later, hemlines went down again — very much following economist George Taylor's theory. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 meant the 1930s was a decade of economic uncertainty and longer hemlines, though they were not floor-length.

World War II meant women went back to work — often in the ammunition factories and trousers entered their wardrobes.

After the war, Christian Dior introduced his “new look” with a nipped-in waist and a longer calf-length skirt that had fullness. Women were done with the look of The War and wanted to be feminine again.

With the Swinging '60s came the mini skirt. This was a decade of prosperity and when women began to campaign for equal rights. They were no longer going to be told what to do and what to wear. The mini skirt was in some ways the last imposing statement made by fashion.