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1. Dame Barbara Mary Quant DBE CH 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 ...
Ritz (Austin, Texas) The Ritz is a historic theater in the 6th Street district in Austin, Texas. The building's history includes use as a movie theater, music hall, club, and comedy house. It reopened after renovations in fall 2007 as the new downtown location for the Alamo Drafthouse. The venue temporarily closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 ...
14684. Significant dates. Added to NRHP. June 23, 1976. Designated RTHL. 1976. The Paramount Theatre is a live theatre venue / movie theatre located in downtown Austin, Texas. The classical revival style structure was built in 1915. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 23, 1976.
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April 13, 2023 at 10:55 AM. Mary Quant in Stockholm, Sweden 1968 (Alamy/PA) Dame Mary Quant, who has died aged 93, was credited with making fashion accessible to the masses with her sleek ...
Mary Quant, the visionary fashion designer whose colorful, sexy miniskirts epitomized London in the 1960s and influenced youth culture around the world, has died at 93.
75002132 [ 1 ] Added to NRHP. December 30, 1975. Sixth Street is a historic street and entertainment district in Austin, Texas, located within the city's urban core in downtown Austin. [ 2 ] Sixth Street was formerly named Pecan Street under Austin's older naming convention, which had east–west streets named after trees and north–south ...
The Westgate Tower is a mixed-use high-rise building in downtown Austin, Texas. The twenty-six-story 261-foot (80 m) tower block was designed in 1962 and completed in 1966; its name reflects its location across the street from the west gate of the Texas State Capitol. Designed by architect Edward Durell Stone, the tower was added to the ...