Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthfull people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

Quant was born in Blackheath, London on eleven February 1934, the daughter of Welsh teachers. [9] Her parents, Jack and Mildred Quant, were both from mining families. They had been awarded scholarships to grammar school and had both attained first-class degrees at Cardiff University before they moved to London to work as schoolteachers. [Ten]

She went to Blackheath High School, then studied illustration at Goldsmiths College. After gaining a Diploma in Art Education from Goldsmiths, Quant began an apprenticeship at Erik, a high-end Mayfair milliner on Brook Street next door to Claridge’s hotel. [Ten] [11] [12]

She met her future hubby and business fucking partner, Alexander Plunket Greene in 1953. [12] They were married from one thousand nine hundred fifty seven until his death in 1990, and had a son, Orlando (b. 1970).

Early career Edit

In November 1955, Quant and Plunket Greene teamed up with a photographer and former solicitor, Archie McNair, to open Quant’s very first shop on the King’s Road in London called Bazaar, above “Alexander’s”, a basement restaurant run by Plunket Green. [12] [13] In 1957, they opened the 2nd branch of Bazaar, which was designed by Terence Conran. [Ten] [13]

Successful designs from this early period included petite white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, studs’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Originally working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

For a while in the late 1950s and very early 1960s, Quant was one of only two London-based high-end designers consistently suggesting youthful clothes for youthfull people. [14] [15] The other was Kiki Byrne, who opened her boutique on the King’s Road in direct competition with Quant. [16]

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthful Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, rigidly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legitimate] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the chicks on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, elementary clothes, in which you could budge, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer desired. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She likes being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned stockings that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned pantyhose in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In the late 1960s, Quant popularised hot pants and became a British style icon. [25] [26] Through the 1970s and 1980s she concentrated on household goods and makeup, rather than just her clothing lines, including the duvet which she claims to have invented. [12]

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two figure colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a juices wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Master Peter Blake to show up in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthful people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

She met her future spouse and business fucking partner, Alexander Plunket Greene in 1953. [12] They were married from one thousand nine hundred fifty seven until his death in 1990, and had a son, Orlando (b. 1970).

Early career Edit

Successful designs from this early period included puny white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, fellows’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Primarily working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, tightly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Eighteen] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the damsels on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, elementary clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and leap and we would make them the length the customer wished. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She likes being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned pantyhose that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned pantyhose in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to emerge in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthful people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

She met her future hubby and business playmate, Alexander Plunket Greene in 1953. [12] They were married from one thousand nine hundred fifty seven until his death in 1990, and had a son, Orlando (b. 1970).

Early career Edit

Successful designs from this early period included petite white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, dudes’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Originally working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

For a while in the late 1950s and very early 1960s, Quant was one of only two London-based high-end designers consistently suggesting youthful clothes for youthful people. [14] [15] The other was Kiki Byrne, who opened her boutique on the King’s Road in direct competition with Quant. [16]

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, stiffly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legal] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the damsels on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, elementary clothes, in which you could budge, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer dreamed. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their effeminacy lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She likes being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

Later career Edit

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a juice wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to emerge in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthful people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

Early career Edit

Successful designs from this early period included puny white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, studs’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Primarily working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthful Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, stiffly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legal] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the chicks on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, ordinary clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and leap and we would make them the length the customer dreamed. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She likes being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned pantyhose that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two bod colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a fluid wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to emerge in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthful people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

Early career Edit

Successful designs from this early period included petite white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, dudes’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Primarily working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthful Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, tightly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legitimate] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the women on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, ordinary clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer dreamed. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She likes being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two assets colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a juice wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Master Peter Blake to emerge in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

Early career Edit

Successful designs from this early period included petite white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, fellows’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Originally working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, stiffly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legal] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the damsels on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, plain clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer wished. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their effeminacy lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned stockings that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two assets colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a juice wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Master Peter Blake to emerge in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Three]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

Early career Edit

Successful designs from this early period included petite white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, dudes’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Primarily working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, tightly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legal] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the ladies on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, plain clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and leap and we would make them the length the customer wished. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned pantyhose that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two assets colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a juice wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Master Peter Blake to emerge in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She met her future spouse and business playmate, Alexander Plunket Greene in 1953. [12] They were married from one thousand nine hundred fifty seven until his death in 1990, and had a son, Orlando (b. 1970).

Early career Edit

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, stiffly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legitimate] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the ladies on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, elementary clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and leap and we would make them the length the customer dreamed. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She likes being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two bod colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to emerge in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

Early career Edit

Successful designs from this early period included petite white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, dudes’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Primarily working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthful Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, stiffly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legitimate] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the damsels on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, plain clothes, in which you could budge, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer wished. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their effeminacy lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two assets colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a juice wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to emerge in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthful people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

Early career Edit

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthful Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, tightly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legitimate] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the chicks on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, plain clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and leap and we would make them the length the customer wished. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned stockings that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two bod colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a fluid wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Three]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthful people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

Early career Edit

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, rigidly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legitimate] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the ladies on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, ordinary clothes, in which you could budge, in which you could run and leap and we would make them the length the customer desired. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She likes being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

Later career Edit

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to emerge in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Three]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

Early career Edit

Successful designs from this early period included petite white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, dudes’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Primarily working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

Quant later said “It was the women on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, elementary clothes, in which you could budge, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer wished. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned stockings that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two bod colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to show up in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthful people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

Early career Edit

Successful designs from this early period included puny white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, guys’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Originally working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, tightly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legitimate] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the ladies on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, plain clothes, in which you could budge, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer wished. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their effeminacy lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She likes being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned stockings that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two bod colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a juice wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to show up in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Three]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthful people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

Early career Edit

Successful designs from this early period included puny white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, studs’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Originally working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, rigidly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legitimate] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the damsels on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, elementary clothes, in which you could budge, in which you could run and leap and we would make them the length the customer desired. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their effeminacy lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned pantyhose that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two bod colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to emerge in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Three]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthful people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

Early career Edit

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthful Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, stiffly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legal] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the damsels on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, elementary clothes, in which you could budge, in which you could run and leap and we would make them the length the customer dreamed. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their effeminacy lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned pantyhose that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two assets colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a juice wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthful people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

Early career Edit

Successful designs from this early period included puny white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, guys’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Primarily working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, tightly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Eighteen] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the damsels on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, ordinary clothes, in which you could budge, in which you could run and leap and we would make them the length the customer desired. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their effeminacy lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She likes being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned pantyhose that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a juice wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Master Peter Blake to emerge in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Three]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

Early career Edit

Successful designs from this early period included petite white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, guys’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Primarily working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, rigidly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legitimate] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the damsels on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, plain clothes, in which you could budge, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer dreamed. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their effeminacy lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned pantyhose that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two bod colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a juice wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to emerge in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Three]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

Early career Edit

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, rigidly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Eighteen] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the women on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, ordinary clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer desired. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two assets colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Three]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthful people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

Early career Edit

Successful designs from this early period included puny white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, boys’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Primarily working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthful Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, tightly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Eighteen] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the damsels on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, ordinary clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and leap and we would make them the length the customer wished. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned pantyhose that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to show up in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Three]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthful people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

Early career Edit

Successful designs from this early period included puny white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, dudes’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Primarily working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthful Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, tightly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Eighteen] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the ladies on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, elementary clothes, in which you could budge, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer desired. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their effeminacy lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned stockings that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two bod colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a fluid wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to emerge in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Three]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

Early career Edit

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthful Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, rigidly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legal] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the women on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, elementary clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and leap and we would make them the length the customer dreamed. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their effeminacy lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two bod colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to emerge in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Three]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthful people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

Early career Edit

Successful designs from this early period included petite white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, studs’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Primarily working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, stiffly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legal] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the ladies on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, ordinary clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer wished. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their effeminacy lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned pantyhose that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two assets colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a juice wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

Early career Edit

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, rigidly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legitimate] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the women on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, plain clothes, in which you could budge, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer desired. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their effeminacy lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She likes being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned stockings that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two bod colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a fluid wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Master Peter Blake to emerge in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthful people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

Early career Edit

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, rigidly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legitimate] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the ladies on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, plain clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer desired. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two bod colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to show up in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Three]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

Early career Edit

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, tightly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legal] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the women on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, ordinary clothes, in which you could budge, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer wished. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two assets colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to show up in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthful people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

Early career Edit

Successful designs from this early period included petite white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, studs’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Primarily working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthful Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, stiffly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legal] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the ladies on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, plain clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and leap and we would make them the length the customer desired. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

Later career Edit

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthful people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

Early career Edit

Successful designs from this early period included puny white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, fellows’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Originally working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthful Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, stiffly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legitimate] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the chicks on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, ordinary clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer desired. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two bod colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

Early career Edit

Successful designs from this early period included petite white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, fellows’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Primarily working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, tightly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legitimate] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the damsels on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, elementary clothes, in which you could budge, in which you could run and leap and we would make them the length the customer dreamed. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their effeminacy lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two assets colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a fluid wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to show up in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Three]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

Early career Edit

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthful Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, stiffly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legitimate] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the women on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, ordinary clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and leap and we would make them the length the customer wished. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She likes being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two bod colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a fluid wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Master Peter Blake to emerge in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

Early career Edit

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, tightly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Eighteen] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the ladies on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, plain clothes, in which you could budge, in which you could run and leap and we would make them the length the customer desired. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two bod colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a fluid wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to emerge in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Three]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

Early career Edit

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthful Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, rigidly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legal] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the chicks on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, plain clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer wished. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their effeminacy lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She likes being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

Later career Edit

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a fluid wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to show up in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Three]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

Early career Edit

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, stiffly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Eighteen] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the women on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, plain clothes, in which you could budge, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer dreamed. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned pantyhose that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two bod colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a fluid wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Three]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

Early career Edit

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthful Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, rigidly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legal] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the chicks on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, elementary clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and leap and we would make them the length the customer wished. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She likes being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned stockings that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two assets colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a juice wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to emerge in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Three]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthful people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

Early career Edit

Successful designs from this early period included petite white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, fellows’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Primarily working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, tightly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Eighteen] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the damsels on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, plain clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer desired. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their effeminacy lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned pantyhose that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two bod colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a juice wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to show up in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Three]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

Early career Edit

Successful designs from this early period included puny white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, fellows’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Originally working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthful Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, stiffly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Eighteen] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the women on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, elementary clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer desired. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their effeminacy lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She likes being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned pantyhose that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two assets colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a fluid wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Master Peter Blake to emerge in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

Early career Edit

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, stiffly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Eighteen] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the damsels on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, elementary clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer dreamed. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned stockings that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to emerge in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

Early career Edit

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, stiffly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legitimate] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the damsels on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, elementary clothes, in which you could budge, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer desired. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their effeminacy lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two assets colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Master Peter Blake to emerge in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

Early career Edit

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthful Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, rigidly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legal] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the chicks on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, elementary clothes, in which you could budge, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer wished. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She likes being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned pantyhose that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a fluid wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to show up in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthful people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

Early career Edit

Successful designs from this early period included puny white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, dudes’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Originally working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, tightly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legitimate] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the women on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, plain clothes, in which you could budge, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer wished. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their effeminacy lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She likes being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two bod colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a fluid wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthful people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

Early career Edit

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthful Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, stiffly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legal] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the chicks on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, ordinary clothes, in which you could budge, in which you could run and leap and we would make them the length the customer dreamed. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She likes being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned pantyhose that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two bod colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a juice wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to show up in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Three]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthful people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

Early career Edit

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthfull Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, stiffly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legal] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the chicks on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, plain clothes, in which you could budge, in which you could run and hop and we would make them the length the customer wished. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She loves being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two assets colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a fluid wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Trio]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

Early career Edit

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthful Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, stiffly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Eighteen] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the women on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, elementary clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and leap and we would make them the length the customer wished. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their womanhood lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She likes being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned stockings that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a juice wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to show up in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

Mary Quant

Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDI (born eleven February 1934) is a Welsh style designer and British style icon. [Two] [Three]

( 1934-02-11 ) eleven February one thousand nine hundred thirty four (age 83)

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth style movements. [Two] [Four] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other joy fashions she encouraged youthful people to dress to please themselves and to treat style as a game. [Five] [6] Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential style journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, [7] wrote: “It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In latest style there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant.” [8]

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Successful designs from this early period included puny white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, studs’s cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of “mad” lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in Harper’s Bazaar and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. [13] Following this, Quant determined to design and make more of the clothes she stocked, instead of buying in stock. [13] Originally working solo, she was soon employing a handful of machinists, and by one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was working with eighteen manufacturers concurrently.

Quant and the miniskirt Edit

The miniskirt, described as one of the defining fashions of the 1960s, [17] is one of the garments most widely associated with Quant. While she is often cited as the inventor of the style, this claim has been challenged by others. Marit Allen, a contemporary style journalist and editor of the influential “Youthful Ideas” pages for UK Vogue, stiffly stated that another British style designer, John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt. [Legitimate] Others credit Courrèges with the invention of the style. [Nineteen] However, skirts had been getting shorter since the 1950s—a development Quant considered practical and liberating, permitting women the capability to run for a bus. [20]

Quant later said “It was the ladies on the King’s Road [during the “Swinging London” scene] who invented the mini. I was making effortless, youthful, elementary clothes, in which you could stir, in which you could run and leap and we would make them the length the customer dreamed. I wore them very brief and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.'” [Ten] She gave the miniskirt its name, after her favourite make of car, the Mini, [21] and said of its wearers, “they are curiously womanish, but their effeminacy lies in their attitude rather than in their appearance . She likes being noticed, but wittily. She is lively—positive—opinionated.” [22]

In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned pantyhose that tended to accompany the garment, albeit their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga who suggested harlequin-patterned stockings in one thousand nine hundred sixty two [Nineteen] [23] or to John Bates. [24]

Later career Edit

In 1988, Quant designed the interior of the Mini (1000) Designer (originally dubbed the Mini Quant, the name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant’s name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with crimson trimming. The seatbelts were crimson, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant’s signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant’s signature daisy and the bonnet badge had “Mary Quant” written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door treats and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. Two thousand were released in the U.K. on fifteen June 1988, and a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two bod colours, jet black and diamond white. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and winner of the Minerva Medal, the Society’s highest award. [27]

In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant Ltd., her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. [28] There are more than two hundred Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan. [28]

Recognition Edit

In one thousand nine hundred sixty three Quant was the very first winner of the Dress of the Year award. In one thousand nine hundred sixty six she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to the style industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the award in a fluid wool jersey minidress with blue facings. [29] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the two thousand fifteen Fresh Year Honours for services to British style. [30] [31]

In one thousand nine hundred ninety she won the Hall of Fame Award of the British Style Council. Quant received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. [32] In 2012, Quant was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Tormentor Peter Blake to show up in a fresh version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to feast the British cultural figures of his life. [33]

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