Mary Quant, the visionary fashion designer whose colourful, sexy miniskirts epitomized Swinging London in the 1960s and influenced youth culture around the world, has died. She was 93.
Quant helped popularize the miniskirt -- some credit her with inventing it -- and the innovative tights that went along with it, creating dresses and accessories that were an integral part of the look. She created mix-and-match, simple garments that had an element of whimsy. Some compared her impact on the fashion world with The Beatles' impact on pop music.
Quant was perfectly positioned to capitalize on the "youthquake" that took hold in the 1960s. She sensed that the days of the exclusive salons were numbered, and thought that even the great Parisian designers would follow ready-to-wear trends. Whether or not she was the first to design them, it was Quant who figured out how to market the miniskirt to the masses.
"She blasted through barriers of snobbery and tradition, with her vision of fashion as a way of resisting stereotypes, with well-made clothes and cosmetics that were empowering and liberating, as well as affordable," said Jenny Lister, who curated a 2020 exhibition devoted to Quant at London's Victoria & Albert Museum.
Born Feb. 11, 1930, the daughter of schoolteachers, Quant studied art education at Goldsmith's College in London before moving into fashion, working first as an apprentice to a hat-maker before trying her own designs. The shop was such a success that she soon moved into other parts of London and began exporting her clothes to the United States, where the "British invasion" was in full swing.
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