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Barbara Mary Quant was born on 11 February 1930 [10] [notes 1] in Woolwich, London, the daughter of Jack Quant and Mildred Jones.Her parents, who both came from Welsh mining families, had received scholarships to a grammar school and had been awarded first-class honours degrees at Cardiff University before moving to London to work as schoolteachers.
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 ...
Born Feb. 11, 1930, the daughter of schoolteachers, Quant studied art education at Goldsmith’s College in London before moving into fashion, working first as an apprentice to a hat maker before ...
Courrèges. André Courrèges (French: [andʁe kuʁɛʒ]; 9 March 1923 – 7 January 2016) was a French fashion designer. He was particularly known for his streamlined 1960s designs influenced by modernism and futurism, exploiting modern technology and new fabrics. Courrèges defined the go-go boot and along with Mary Quant, is one of the ...
Born in south-east London on February 11 1930, Dame Mary was the daughter of two Welsh school teachers. She gained a diploma in the 1950s in Art Education at Goldsmith’s College, where she met ...
Textile design and pottery. Mary Lillian White later Mary Dening (22 January 1930 – 20 May 2020) was an English textile designer known for several iconic textile prints of the 1950s. [1][2] Her designs were very popular and extensively copied in many 1950s homes, as well as in cabins aboard the RMS Queen Mary and at Heathrow Airport. [3]
Mary Quant popularized the mini skirt, and Jackie Kennedy introduced the pillbox hat; [1] both became extremely popular. False eyelashes were worn by women throughout the 1960s. Hairstyles were a variety of lengths and styles. [2] Psychedelic prints, neon colors, and mismatched patterns were in style. [3]
Mary Quant has died. The iconic fashion designer's family told multiple outlets that she died at her home in Surrey, England, on Thursday. She was 93.Quant and her eventual husband, Alexander ...