Miniskirt young women to whom they were unrelated, but to oppose it on their own wives and fiancés. In the UK, by shortening the skirts to less than they were classed as children's garments rather than adult clothes. Children's clothing was not subject to purchase tax whereas adult clothing was. The avoidance of tax meant that the price was correspondingly less. Several designers have been credited with the invention of the 1960s miniskirt, most significantly the London-based designer Mary Quant and the Parisian André Courrèges. Although Quant reportedly named the skirt after her favourite make of car, the Mini, there is
Steve Jackson (British game designer) Steve Jackson (British game designer) Steve Jackson (born 20 May 1951) is a British game designer, writer, and game reviewer. Steve Jackson began his career in games in 1974 as a freelance journalist with "Games & Puzzles" magazine. In early 1975, Jackson co-founded the company Games Workshop with school friends John Peake and Ian Livingstone. They started publishing a monthly newsletter, "Owl and Weasel", which was largely written by Jackson, and sent copies of the first issue to subscribers of the recently defunct fanzine "Albion"; Brian Blume received one of these copies, and sent them a copy of the new