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1. metro.co.uk › 2023/04/13 › the-history-of-the-miniThe history of the mini-skirt: How Mary Quant made it a must ...

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   Apr 13, 2023 · Dame Mary’s mini-skirt hit mannequins in 1965. Whether she was truly the one to invent it has been debated for some time, but the fact that her work popularised these rising hemlines is...

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3. www.vam.ac.uk › articles › six-revolutionary-designsSix revolutionary designs by Mary Quant - V&A

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   Quant was the figurehead of the jersey dress boom, producing thousands of designs in hundreds of different colours and permutations, including different shaped collars, sleeves, zips and buttons, with skirts swishy or straight.

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4. fashionunited.uk › news › cultureMary Quant: queen of the mini-skirt - FashionUnited

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   • 'Arrogant, Aggressive, sexy'
   • Reaching The Us, Japan
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   Born on February 11, 1934, in London, Quant studied at the capital's Goldsmiths college of art where she met her future husband and business partner, Alexander Plunket Greene. Together, they opened their first boutique, Bazaar, in 1955 in the Chelsea district, which would become the beating heart of Swinging London. Bazaar sold clothes and accessor...

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   The era's most high-profile model, Twiggy, popularised the mini-skirt abroad, and with business booming, Quant opened a second shop in London in 1957. She entered the American market in the early 1960s, collaborating with department store JC Penney. She also created the cheaper Ginger Group line and launched into cosmetics, all her designs featurin...

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   Quant also scandalised British society with her frank views on sex, making headlines when she famously said she had shaved her pubic hair into the shape of a heart and dyed it green. She "would make very provocative statements about sexuality and her private life as well, which perhaps went along with her clothes, which were seen as quite outrageou...

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5. lampoonmagazine.com › article › 2023/04/14History of the rise of the miniskirt and its originator Mary ...

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   Apr 14, 2023 · Mary Quant toward the start of her career. Born on the eleventh of February 1930, in Blackheath, Mary Quant lived in an educated family environment with two parents who were university professors at London University.

6. www.bbc.com › news › entertainment-arts-65269428Mary Quant: The miniskirt and PVC pioneer - BBC

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   Apr 13, 2023 · Fashion designer Dame Mary Quant dies aged 93. The miniskirt pioneer who defined 60s fashion. Twiggy paid tribute to Quant on Thursday, saying she "revolutionised fashion" and that "the 1960s...

7. www.bbc.co.uk › news › entertainment-arts-65269428Mary Quant: The miniskirt and PVC pioneer - BBC News

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   Apr 13, 2023 · Her 1963 Wet Collection was a huge success and earned Quant her first British Vogue cover, with model Tania Mallet wearing a PVC red raincoat and matching hat.

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   Who invented the miniskirt?

   • It was this evolution and contamination of ideas in the fashion world that called into question the attribution of Quant’s conception of the miniskirt. Vying for the title of inventor of the miniskirt with Mary Quant was André Courrèges, another innovator in the forms and designs of the time.

   History of the rise of the miniskirt and its originator Mary Quant

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   Did Dame Mary invent a mini-skirt?

   • Dame Mary’s mini-skirt hit mannequins in 1965. Whether she was truly the one to invent it has been debated for some time, but the fact that her work popularised these rising hemlines is undeniable. Taking a break from work (Picture: Keystone/Getty Images) Models wearing mini-pants In 1966 (Picture: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

   The history of the mini-skirt: How Mary Quant made it a must-have

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   Why did women wear miniskirts in the 1960s?

   • She represented the joyful freedom of 1960s fashion, and provided a new role model for young women». Periods when the miniskirt was a must and a trend were followed by periods and seasons when it disappeared from the catwalks and especially from customer demand.

   History of the rise of the miniskirt and its originator Mary Quant

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   How did a miniskirt change fashion?

   • Simplicity and freedom of dress were the guidelines that led to the creation of the garment, along with the short usage of fabrics and costs implied for the manufacturing. Together with the change in hem length, the colors of the miniskirt also became bright.

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   How did the miniskirt evolve?

   • From the more geometric and squared-off shapes of the early years, the mini and dresses evolved over time even through the hands of other designers. It was this evolution and contamination of ideas in the fashion world that called into question the attribution of Quant’s conception of the miniskirt.

   History of the rise of the miniskirt and its originator Mary Quant

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   What did Mary Quant wear?

   • Held up by garters, or attached to a separate suspender belt with hard metal clips, stockings were fiddly and uncomfortable to wear. Skirts meanwhile fell below the knee to keep all this hardware, and naked thighs, firmly hidden from view. Mary Quant tights and shoes, about 1965. Mary Quant Archive

   Six revolutionary designs by Mary Quant - V&A

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9. www.standard.co.uk › lifestyle › mary-quant-miniHow Mary Quant's mini skirt liberated women | London Evening ...

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   Apr 14, 2023 · Inspired by the young women around her in London’s trendy Chelsea, Mary Quant began experimenting with hemlines in the early 1960s, rolling skirts at the waist and chopping them short.