Her family announced the death in a statement given to the Press Association of Britain, saying that she had died “peacefully”. England was emerging from its postwar privations when, in 1955, Quant andher…
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Mary Quant, miniskirt mastermind of swinging 60s, dies at 93
Mary Quant, the British designer who revolutionised fashion and epitomised the style of the Swinging Sixties, a playful, youthful ethos that sprang from the streets, not a Paris atelier, died on Thursday at her home in Surrey, England. Known as the mother of the miniskirt, she was 93.
Her family announced the death in a statement given to the Press Association of Britain, saying that she had died “peacefully”. England was emerging from its postwar privations when, in 1955, Quant andher…
Her family announced the death in a statement given to the Press Association of Britain, saying that she had died “peacefully”. England was emerging from its postwar privations when, in 1955, Quant andher…