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
John Lloyd (graphic designer) John Lloyd (graphic designer) John David Lloyd (born 1944) is a British graphic designer who in 1975 co-founded the international design consultancy, Lloyd Northover. He has worked in all fields of graphic design but has specialised in corporate identity. Lloyd started his design career in 1960, as an apprentice lithographic artist in the printing industry. He began full-time study in 1964, first at South West Essex School of Art, and in 1965 at the London College of Printing. On graduating in 1968, he joined Allied International Designers in London, leaving in 1975 to co-found Lloyd Northover with designer, Jim Northover.