Although the French designer andrécourreges is often called the inventor of mini-skirts, the invention of mini-skirts is usually attributed to the fashion designer mary quant, who was inspired by mini-cars. Thus, the controversy about the inventor of miniskirt began. Some people think that the miniskirt made by helen rose for anne francis, the actor of 1956 sci-fi movie Forbidden Planet, is the origin of miniskirt.

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Marit Allen, editor of "Young Ideas" of Fashion magazine, declared: "John Bates is often criticized for bringing inappropriate innovative designs to the window design in London." She said: "But his dress design with bare upper abdomen and transparent vinyl material is the prototype of mini-skirt, not Mary Guan or Andre Courrege as commonly thought." Bates' clothing for diana rigg in the TV series The Avengers is defined as Mod style.

Mary Quinn opened a clothing store called Bazaar on King's Road in Chelsea, London, and sold her products in this store. In the late 1950s, she began to try short skirts, which later led to the birth of 1965 miniskirt, an important period in fashion history.

Because of her central position in fashionable London, miniskirts have stepped onto the international fashion trend from a fashionable street.