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
Ashley Williams (designer) Ashley Williams (designer) Ashley Williams (born 28 July 1988) is a British fashion designer. Williams earned a bachelor's degree in fashion design from the University of Westminster in 2012. Williams showed her first collection as part of Fashion East in February 2013, who she showed for three seasons before making her first solo runway show at London Fashion Week in September 2014 with her S/S 2015 collection. She was a recipient of the British Fashion Council's Newgen award in 2014, and continued to receive this for a number of seasons. Williams won Emerging Designer of The Year at the ELLE