Legendary British fashion designer Dame Mary Quant has died aged 93 on 13 April, 2023. In a statement from her family it was announced that she, "died peacefully at home in Surrey, UK this morning".
The family continued that she was “one of the most internationally recognised fashion designers of the 20th Century and an outstanding innovator… She opened her first shop Bazaar in the Kings Road in 1955 and her far-sighted and creative talents quickly established a unique contribution to British fashion."
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© Fairchild ArchiveThe designer established herself as one of the driving forces of British fashion and is often credited as the ‘inventor of the mini skirt’ which became one of the defining styles of the 1960s.
In honour of her legacy we take a look back at her incredible life in pictures:
© Evening StandardEnglish fashion designer Mary Quant eating a lollipop at a party, on 27th January 1959. With her is her husband, Alexander Plunket Greene.
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© MirrorpixMary Quant wearing a plaid outfit standing near her fashion shop Bazaar on the Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London.
© MirrorpixA model wearing flared trousers and matching white top with detail at the hem, paired with a black wide brimmed hat. Designed by Mary Quant.
© Central PressModel Jackie Bowyer swings on a lamppost wearing a black oilskin wet-weather outfit from Mary Quant, of matching coat and hat with shiny, high-heeled boots, London, 15th October 1963. The outfit was shown that evening at the first Sunday Times International Fashion Awards ceremony.
© Central PressMary Quant at the rehearsal for the first Sunday Times International Fashion Awards show in the Grand Ballroom of London's Hilton Hotel, the men she is photographed with are (from left to right) fashion designers Emilio Pucci, Pierre Cardin, and fashion authority James Laver.
© MirrorpixMary Quant seen here having the finishing touches made to her new hairstyle by legendary coiffure Vidal Sassoon.
© Hulton DeutschMary Quant at Buckingham Palace with her husband Alexander Plunkett-Greene and Archie McNair, the Chairman of Mary Quant Fashions. She displays her O.B.E. medal after being presented with it by the Queen, 1966.
© George FrestonMary Quant with models at the launch of her 'Quant Afoot' range of boots in fashion colours in London. The boots are covered in clear plastic to keep the colours fresh and the surface shiny.
© Tim GrahamA model wearing a 'Bee Bop' trouser suit from the Mary Quant collection for Spring 1972, in London on the 3rd November 1971.
© Central PressMary Quant at the launch of her Ginger Group and knitwear collections for the autumn at the Savoy Hotel, London. Model Lorain (left) wears a knitted sweater and skirt in pink mohair called Sugarplum, and Freddie (right) wears a pink woollen flannel dress with large sleeves and a matching hat, called Marshmallow.
