Mary Quant
Mary Quant
Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDIis a Welsh fashion designer and British fashion icon...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth11 February 1934
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I designed the miniskirt that caused so much havoc in the Sixties - the miniskirt that was such fun but has travelled well to today.
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The miniskirt caused an extraordinarily powerful reaction. There were the people who hated it.
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As well as being a creative genius, Vidal Sassoon was a formative figure of the Sixties. Along with the Pill and the mini-skirt, his influence was truly liberating.
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The Lord's Prayer is the most perfect piece of poetry. I always feel at peace and moved when I recite it.
The fashionable woman is sexy, witty, and dry-cleaned.
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I'm greedy, but I've always watched what I eat because I want to look good. I gave up butter, cream and sugar years ago.
I think to myself, 'You lucky woman - how did you have all this fun?'
people
People only see permissiveness in the sense of having more.
age
I always designed clothes from a very young age because I didn't like the way they were. They were paralyzing; they were stilted.