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Dame Barbara Mary Quant DBE CH FCSD RDI (11 February 1930 – 13 April 2023) was a British fashion designer and icon. She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth fashion movements, and played a prominent role in London's Swinging Sixties culture.
Apr 13, 2023 · Mary Quant, the British designer who revolutionized fashion and epitomized the style of the Swinging Sixties, a playful, youthful ethos that sprang from the streets, not a Paris atelier, died on...
Apr 9, 2024 · Mary Quant (born February 11, 1930, London, England—died April 13, 2023, Surrey, England) was an English fashion designer of youth-oriented fashions, responsible in the 1960s for the “Chelsea look” of England and the widespread popularity of the miniskirt and “hot pants.”
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Apr 13, 2023 · Fashion designer Dame Mary Quant has died at her home in Surrey, UK, according to her family. She was 93. Synonymous with the Swinging Sixties in London, she helped make hot pants,...
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Apr 13, 2023 · Dame Mary Quant was immortalized as the British fashion designer who popularized miniskirts and created the “Chelsea look.” She died April 13, 2023.
Apr 13, 2023 · Mary Quant, the visionary fashion designer whose colorful, sexy miniskirts epitomized London in the 1960s and influenced youth culture around the world, has died at 93. Her family said Quant...
Inventive, opinionated and commercially minded, Mary Quant (1930 – 2023) was the most iconic fashion designer of the 1960s. A design and retail pioneer, she popularised super-high hemlines and other irreverent looks that were critical to the development of the 'Swinging Sixties' scene.