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'{{Infobox Fashion Designer |image= ||name = Mary Quant OBE |caption= |nationality=[[England|British]] |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1934|2|11|df=y}} |birth_place= [[Blackheath, London|Blackheath]], [[Kent]], [[England]] {{flagicon|England}} |death_date= |death_place= |education= [[Goldsmith's College]] |label_name = '''Mary Quant''' |website= [http://www.maryquant.co.uk/ www.maryquant.co.uk] |significant_designs= the [[miniskirt]] and hot-pants |awards = [[OBE]], FCSD |}} '''Mary Quant''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], [[Chartered Society of Designers|FCSD]] (born 11 February 1934 in [[Blackheath, London|Blackheath, Kent]], [[England]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[fashion designer]], one of the many designers who took credit for inventing the [[miniskirt]] and [[hot pants]]. Born to [[Wales|Welsh]] parents, Quant went to Blackheath High School then studied [[illustration]] at [[Goldsmiths, University of London|Goldsmiths College]] before taking a career with a [[couture]] [[milliner]]. She is also famed for her work on [[pop art]] in fashion. ==Early career== In November 1955, she teamed up with her husband, Alexander Plunkett-Grene, and a former [[solicitor]], Archie Mcnair, to open a clothes shop on the [[Kings Road]] in [[London]] called '''Bazaar'''. Bazaar's best sellers were small white plastic collars to brighten up black dresses or t-shirts. Black stretch stockings were also popular. Following the positive reaction to a pair of "mad house [[pyjamas]]" designed for the opening, and dissatisfied with the variety of clothes available to her, Quant decided to make her own range of clothing. Initially working solo, she was soon employing a handful of [[machinist]]s, and by 1966 she was working with 18 different manufacturers concurrently. == Miniskirt == Skirts had been getting shorter since about 1958 – a development Mary Quant considered to be practical and liberating, allowing women the ability to run for a bus. The [[miniskirt]], for which she is arguably most famous, became one of the defining fashions of the 1960s. The miniskirt was developed separately by [[André Courrèges]] and [[John Bates (designer)|John Bates]]<ref name="ReferenceA">Lester, Richard, ''John Bates: Fashion Designer'', London, 2008</ref>, and there is disagreement as to who came up with the idea first. Like most fashion, the short- and ever-shorter skirt was evolving already among individual fashion-minded young women: The designers who adapted it just helped spread the style and, in Quant's case, gave it a name. Mary Quant named the miniskirt after her favorite make of car, the [[Mini]]; she loved this car so much, she had one designed especially for her. In addition to the miniskirt, Mary Quant is often credited with inventing the coloured and patterned [[tights]] that tended to accompany the garment, although these are also attributed to [[Cristobal Balenciaga]] or John Bates.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> ==Later career== In the late 1960s, Quant popularised [[hot pants]]. Through the 1970s and 1980s she concentrated on household goods and make-up, rather than just her clothing lines. At a talk at the [[Victoria & Albert Museum]] in 2007 she claimed to have invented [[duvet]] covers. In 1988, maryQuant designed the interior of the [[Mini]] (1000) Designer (Originally dubbed the Mini Quant, this name was switched when popularity charts were set against having Quant's name on the car). It featured black and white striped seats with red trimming. The seatbelts were red, and the driving and passenger seats had Quant's signature on the upper left quadrant. The steering wheel had Quant's signature daisy and the bonnet badge had "Mary Quant" written over the signature name. The headlight housings, wheel arches, door handles and bumpers were all nimbus grey, rather than the more common chrome or black finishes. 2000 were released in the UK on 15 June 1988, a number were also released on to foreign markets; however, the numbers for these are hard to come by. The special edition Mini came in two body colours, jet black and diamond white. She is also a [[Fellow#Professional societies|Fellow]] of the [[Chartered Society of Designers]], and winner of the ''Minerva Medal'', the Society's highest award. In 2000, she resigned as director of ''Mary Quant Ltd.'', her cosmetics company, after a [[Japan]]ese buy-out. There are over 200 Mary Quant Colour shops in Japan, where Quant fashions continue to enjoy more popularity. ==See also== [[Daisy doll by Mary Quant]] ==Notes== {{Refimprovesect|date=December 2008}} {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0702877/ film and television credits] *[http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fashion/1960s/1960s_dress_database/index.php Database containing Mary Quant clothing in the fashion and textiles collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London] *{{cite web |publisher= [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] |url= http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fashion/1960s/exhibition/quant/index.html |title= Mary Quant, A New Approach Chelsea 1955–1967 |work= Fashion, Jewellery & Accessories |accessdate= 2007-06-08 }} *[http://vintagepatterns.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Mary_Quant Sewing patterns by Mary Quant] {{DEFAULTSORT:Quant, Mary}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London]] [[Category:English fashion designers]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:Chartered designers]] [[Category:People from Blackheath]] [[cy:Mary Quant]] [[de:Mary Quant]] [[es:Mary Quant]] [[fr:Mary Quant]] [[gl:Mary Quant]] [[it:Mary Quant]] [[nl:Mary Quant]] [[ja:マリー・クワント]] [[no:Mary Quant]] [[pl:Mary Quant]] [[pt:Mary Quant]] [[ro:Mary Quant]] [[ru:Куант, Мэри]] [[fi:Mary Quant]] [[sv:Mary Quant]]'