Laura Ashley
Welsh designer of textiles, clothing, and home furnishings (1925-1985)
Dame Barbara Mary Quant was a British fashion designer and icon. 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.
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Dame Barbara Mary Quant was a British fashion designer and icon. 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. She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hotpants. Ernestine Carter 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.”
5 Quotes by Mary Quant
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Fashion is a tool… to compete in life outside the home. People like you better, without knowing why, because people always react well to a person they like the looks of.
Mary QuantBritish fashion designer
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A woman is as young as her knees.
Mary QuantBritish fashion designer
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Fashion is not frivolous. It is a part of being alive today.
Mary QuantBritish fashion designer
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Having money is rather like being a blond. It is more fun but not vital.
Mary QuantBritish fashion designer
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The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don’t wear her.
Mary QuantBritish fashion designer