Rah-rah skirt

The rah-rah (or ra-ra) skirt is a short flounced, layered skirt that originated in cheerleading and became a popular fashion trend among teenage girls in the early 1980s. It marked, as the Oxford Dictionary noted, the first successful attempt to revive the miniskirt that had been introduced in the mid-1960s.

While the rah-rah skirt originated in cheerleading, it was introduced to mainstream fashion in 1982. It was popular in the 1980s until the mini skirt regained popularity, but the rah-rah experienced a resurgence in 2008.

Gifi Fields claims to have co-created the rah-rah skirt alongside designer Angela Stone, but there are claims that the skirt was originally created by Norma Kamali.

Examples of the rah-rah could be seen on the covers of music albums such as Since Yesterday by Strawberry Switchblade (1984).

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