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
Please Miniskirt Postwoman! Please Miniskirt Postwoman! The physical CD single debuted at number 4 in the Oricon daily singles chart. In the Oricon weekly chart, it debuted at number five. The B-side of the regular edition is a cover of the song "Te o Nigitte Arukitai" by Maki Gotō. She released it as a single in 2002. The single was released in five versions: four limited editions (Limited Editions A, B, C, and D) and a regular edition. All the limited editions came with a sealed-in serial-numbered entry card for the lottery to win a ticket to one of the single's launch events.