Miniskirt her inspirations was the memory of seeing a young tap-dancer wearing a "tiny skirt over thick black tights," influencing her designs for young, active women who did not wish to resemble their mothers. In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned tights that tended to accompany the garment, although their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who offered harlequin-patterned tights in 1962 or to Bates. In 2009, a Mary Quant minidress was among the 10 British "design classics" featured on a series of Royal Mail stamps, alongside the Tube
Made in the Shade 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 & Fazed Cookies)" were released by Allen