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
Please Miniskirt Postwoman! The corresponding DVD single (so called Single V) was released 2 weeks later, on January 11, 2012. S/mileage members: Please Miniskirt Postwoman! The physical CD single debuted at number 4 in the Oricon daily singles chart. In the Oricon weekly chart, it debuted at number five. The B-side of the regular edition is a cover of the song "Te o Nigitte Arukitai" by Maki Gotō. She released it as a single in 2002. The single was released in five versions: four limited editions (Limited Editions A, B, C, and D) and a regular edition. All the limited editions came with