Mary Quant
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"Fashion was stimulated enormously by the arrival of 'the Pill'– the atomic bomb of human relationships, and possible saviour of the planet."--Mary Quant: My Autobiography (2012) by Mary Quant |
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Mary Quant (1930 – 2023) was a British fashion designer and fashion icon. She became an instrumental figure in the Swinging Sixties London-based Mod and youth fashion movements. She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hotpants.
The fashion model Twiggy would popularise the miniskirt abroad.
In 1966, Quant was named one of the "fashion revolutionaries" in New York by Women's Wear Daily, alongside Edie Sedgwick, Tiger Morse, Pierre Cardin, Paco Rabanne, Rudi Gernreich, André Courrèges, Emanuel Ungaro, Yves Saint Laurent, and Baby Jane Holzer.
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