Boots and Minis

From the collection of

The Box
Established in 1992, the South West Film & Television Archive collection spans from 1893 to the present day containing more than 250,000 items. Formed from a variety of depositors, including broadcast news and programmes material from the Westward and TSW archive. In 2018 the archive collection transferred to The Box in Plymouth.

Boots and Minis


Girls on the street in boots are interviewed about their fashion and whether people like them or not, or whether boots spoil a good leg! The miniskirt became the symbolic piece of fashion in the 1960s sparking a passionate rebellion and all hemlines rose to the occasion. Nancy Sinatra's 1966 song These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ included Nancy wearing American shoe designer Beth Levine’s boots and encouraged boot-wearing around the world.


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