John Bates (designer) the Year and donated to the Fashion Museum, Bath, which in 2006 held a major retrospective show of his work. One of Bates' most influential champions was Marit Allen, the editor of British Vogue's Young Ideas spread, who considered Bates the true inventor of the miniskirt, rather than Mary Quant or André Courrèges. Ernestine Carter also observed Bates' originality, noting that the Paris fashion collections for 1967 contained many looks which Bates had done first. In 1965 Bates designed memorable outfits for Diana Rigg to wear for her role as Emma Peel in "The Avengers", including Op-Art mini-coats and accessories
Miniskirt (song) Miniskirt (song) "Miniskirt" () is a song by South Korean girl group AOA. The song served as the title track for AOA's fifth single album of the same name and was digitally released on January 16, 2014 by FNC Entertainment. A remake of the song, which retitled "Miniskirt," was later released as AOA's debut single in Japan on October 1, 2014. The music video and single were released on January 16. On January 26, AOA released an extended cut music video. On July 31, 2014, it was revealed that AOA would be entering the Japanese market on October 1 with