No other British T.V. series managed to epitomise the swinging 60s quite as well as 'The Avengers'. Honor Blackman who played the first of Steed's lethal female assistants, Cathy Gale described herself in September 1962 as ..a first for television. The first feminist to come into a television serial, the first woman to fight back. Cathy is all anthropologist, an academic, all brain and what she doesn't have in the way of brawn, she makes up for in motorbikes, black boots, leather combat suits and judo'.. Cathy Gales leather outfits made her a fashion leader, her leather combat gear was born out of necessity, she needed something that woulden't rip, Honor Blackman said that ..someone, Patrick, I think, suggested leather and after trying it the producers said "Great", so I wore it throughout the rest of the show. The only thing you can wear with leather trousers are leather boots, so they kitted me out with calf-length black boots and the leather thing was born... Cathy Gale's 'Kinky' boots became her trademark and towards the end of 1963 Honor Blackman and Patrick Macnee were persuaded to collaborate on a novelty record Kinky Boots, celebrating her leather footwear. This record became a hit when it was re-released in 1990 and reached the No.5 position in the charts.