Miniskirt coloured tights. Towards the end of the 1960s, an even shorter version, called the microskirt or micro-mini, emerged. Extremely short skirts, some as much as eight inches above the knee, were observed in Britain in the summer of 1962. The young women who wore these short skirts were called "Ya-Ya girls," a term derived from "yeah, yeah" which was a popular catcall at the time. One retailer noted that the fashion for layered net crinoline petticoats raised the hems of short skirts even higher. The designer Mary Quant was quoted as saying that "short short skirts" indicated youthfulness which was
Made in the Shade by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards Made in the Shade Made in the Shade, released in 1975, is the first official compilation album by The Rolling Stones during their Atlantic Records contract. It covers material from "Sticky Fingers" (1971), "Exile on Main St." (1972), "Goats Head Soup" (1973) and "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll" (1974). The Stones had two previous "official" compilation albums on Decca Records, "Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)" in 1966 and "Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)" in 1969. In addition, 1971's "Hot Rocks 1964-1971" and 1972's "More Hot Rocks (Big Hits &