Mary Quant

Dame
Mary Quant
CH DBE FCSD RDI
Quant in 1966
Born
Barbara Mary Quant

(1930-02-11)11 February 1930
Woolwich, London, England
Died13 April 2023(2023-04-13) (aged 93)
Surrey, England
Other namesBarbara Mary Plunket Greene[1]
EducationGoldsmiths College
LabelMary Quant
Spouse
Alexander Plunket Greene
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(m. 1957; died 1990)​
Children1

Dame Barbara Mary Quant CH DBE FCSD RDI (11 February 1930 – 13 April 2023) was a British fashion designer and icon.[2][3] She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth fashion movements, and played a prominent role in London's Swinging Sixties culture.[2][4][5] She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hotpants.[6][7] Ernestine Carter[8] wrote: "It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In recent fashion there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant."[9]

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  6. ^ McKinnell, Joyce (1964). Beauty. Harper Collins. p. 93. ISBN 9780007295586. Archived from the original on 11 November 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  7. ^ "1966 trouser suit by Mary Quant". Victoria and Albert Museum. 18 August 1966. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  8. ^ Burman, Barbara (2004). "Carter [née Fantl], Ernestine Marie (1906–1983), museum curator and writer on fashion". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48273. Retrieved 20 January 2024. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  9. ^ Connikie, Yvonne (2006). Fashion of a Decade. Infobase Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 9781438118925.