Mary Quant
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"In the mid-1960s British fashion was becoming increasingly daring and outrageous, driven by the youth-oriented culture of Swinging London. Boutiques such as Biba, designers like Mary Quant, and television personalities like Cathy McGowan who popularized them became celebrated as much as the entertainers who wore their mod clothes."--Sholem Stein |
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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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