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Mary Quant
British fashion designer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dame Barbara Mary Quant CH DBE (11 February 1930 – 13 April 2023) was a British fashion designer.[2] In 1963, she won the Sunday Times International Fashion Award, and was chosen as Woman of the Year.[3]
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Dame Mary Quant | |
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![]() Quant in 1966 | |
Born | Barbara Mary Quant (1930-02-11)11 February 1930 Blackheath, London, England |
Died | 13 April 2023(2023-04-13) (aged 93) Surrey, England |
Other names | Barbara Mary Plunket Greene[1] |
Education | Goldsmiths College |
Label | Mary Quant |
Spouse |
Alexander Plunket Greene
(m. 1957; died 1990) |
Children | 1 |
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Quant is famous as a designer who invented the miniskirt and hot pants. She was also instrumental in the mod fashion movement,[4] and known for her use of pop art in fashion.
Born to Welsh parents in Blackheath, London, Quant went to Blackheath High School, then studied illustration at Goldsmiths College. Her first employment was as a couture milliner (hat maker).