The Bingley, England, woman bought a Mary Quant original — scandalously cut above the knee — in the mid-'60s when ... up and coming designers. I thought: I just love that dress.

The white band at the bottom of the dress ... intended.Mary Quant opened her first shop 'Bazaar' on the King's Road in London's Chelsea in 1955. Her clothes were not cheap but their design ...

One of the most endearing elements of Quant’s legacy remains the miniskirt — a design ... mini dress! “Mary Quant was such an influence on young girls in the late 50s early 60s.

The fashion world was left in mourning following the death of Dame Mary Quant, the pioneering designer and Sixties trailblazer who transformed the way women dress. From Bazaar, her boutique in the ...

Mary Quant’s designs were all ... This could be seen in the way Quant’s buttons would often be done up the back of a dress or coat, so that the wearer needed help to take it off.

The iconic designer Mary Quant ... of the Swinging Sixties.” Quant was a self-taught designer and was best known for her high hemlines, short skirts and shift dresses that were made popular ...

LONDON - Mary Quant may have freed women's fashion in the ‘50s and ‘60s with her short hemlines ... of clothes and accessories from the late designer's personal wardrobe under the hammer ...

Mary Quant, the visionary fashion designer whose colourful ... and the innovative tights that went along with it, creating dresses and accessories that were an integral part of the look.

Quant helped ... the great Parisian designers would follow ready-to-wear trends. The look she created was sexy and fun, a sharp break with the predictable floral day dresses commonly worn in ...

Patricia Mary McDonagh, who has died aged 80, was a well-known British fashion designer of Irish ancestry ... Some of her more famous pieces were a T-shirt dress, a Mongolian jacket, a pea coat ...