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
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