Dame Mary Quant was widely credited with popularising the mini skirt and was one of the most influential figures in the fashion scene of the 1960s. She was “an absolute trailblazer”, fashion ...
Even while some activists eventually linked the mini to an overly sexualised caricature, it continued to be a global ...
With the British fashion industry facing disruption in the ... “When I was in Liverpool we found an old Mary Quant (knit) that used to (be) stocked (at Lucinda Byre) which had this pocket ...
Mary Quant is often said to have invented the mini-skirt, but like a few other designers she did not so much invent it but rather interpreted the mood of the times and turned it into fashion.
After her debut feature about fashion designer Mary Quant, Sadie Frost continues the theme by directing the fascinating documentary Twiggy. At a time when most models were tall, busty and posh, Lesley ...
Alexandra Shulman, former editor-in-chief of British Vogue, wrote on Twitter: “RIP Dame Mary Quant. A leader of fashion but also in female entrepreneurship - a visionary who was much more than a ...
Mary Quant, the iconic fashion designer widely credited for inventing the mini skirt and pioneering Swinging Sixties style, has passed away aged 93. According to a statement from Quant’s family ...
Mary Quant just popularised the idea,’” states fashion historian Valerie Steele. “Mary Quant said, ‘Well that’s not how I remember it. It was the girls in the street.’” One thing is ...
Fashion became far-out and fun in the 1960s. The clip explores why young people wanted to break away from their conservatively dressed parents. Mary Quant led the revolution in female fashion with ...