A miniskirt, sometimes hyphenated as mini-skirt, is a skirt with a hemline well above the knees – generally no longer than 10 cm (4 in) below the buttocks; and a minidress is a dress with a similar meaning. A micro-miniskirt or microskirt is a further abbreviation of the miniskirt and short shorts are the shortened versions of the shorts.

The popularity of miniskirts peaked in the "Swinging London" of the 1960s, but its popularity is since still commonplace among many women, mostly teenagers, preteens, and young adults. Before that time, short skirts were only seen in sport clothing, such as skirts worn by female tennis players.

From the ancient Greek tunic until the military tunic of Roman times, the very short tunic was exclusively worn by slaves and fighters. In the Middle Ages they were worn under the armour.

During her theatre performances in the Folies Bergère in Paris in 1926, Joséphine Baker wore a sort of miniskirt made from bananas.

In the 1950s, they could be seen in the science fiction films Devil Girl from Mars and Forbidden Planet.

Alisyn Camerota (born June 21, 1966) is an American television news anchor for Fox News Channel.

Based in New York, Camerota co-hosts Fox & Friends Weekend along with Clayton Morris and Dave Briggs. She previously was a co-host on "Fox & Friends First" weekdays from 6:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. In October 2007, Camerota started her own blog on the Fox and Friends called, "In The Greenroom." In November 2007, Fox and Friends began an Internet-only segment called, "The After the Show Show." The segment features "Fox and Friends" anchors of Brian Kilmeade, Steve Doocy and Gretchen Carlson, sometimes along with earlier guests or crew members from the cable show and a toy monkey at the end of the Internet segment. This is done live after the main show has finished while, "America's Newsroom," is shown on the cable channel. These videos are available later on the Fox and Friends page on Fox News Channel's web site. Prior to her maternity leave, she was a co-host of the weekend edition of the same program, in addition to regularly appearing on the Friday edition of Fox & Friends 1st.