I believe Ms. Malkin is in her early 30s.
Hip huggers with halter tops were all the rage, long and short. Remember those hip hugger short shorts?
Worn with striped tube socks that went up to your knees.
I remember Jr. High in 1982 when short-shorts were still popular for girls. A dress code was passed that said no girls may wear short-shorts with slits up the side to class. Outraged, the girls protested by wearing their regulation gym shorts to class. The gym shorts were, you guessed it, very short with slits up the sides.
*sigh* yeah...