Q: What inspired Mary Quant's groundbreaking '60s mini skirt design? (Hint: it's a trending reference for many of today's designers as well.) A: Ballet class. Mary Quant, who passed away Thursday ...

Mary Quant, the British designer credited with popularizing the miniskirt, died on Thursday aged 93. Quant, whose clothing was beloved by models like Twiggy, named the item after her favorite car.

The fashion designer Mary Quant, who died at 93, recognized the power—and danger—of the mini. The fashion ... Among Quant’s many innovations, the mini cast the longest shadow.

Mini but mighty: How Mary Quant raised hell (and hem) by inventing the mini skirt. The pioneering designer’s bold look caused a frenzy, not just in Britain but around the world .

Per the Fashion Institute of Technology, the British designer is often credited for inventing one of our fave teeny garments, ...

Dame Mary Quant. Credit : Mike Prior/Getty Images Dame Mary Quant , known for popularizing short hemlines and penning the term "mini," died Thursday. She was 93.

Dame Mary Quant (1930-2023) It’s impossible to overstate Quant’s contribution to fashion. She represented the joyful freedom of 1960s fashion, and provided a new role model for young women.

With over 160 shops lining its pavements, King’s Road is one of Chelsea’s – and London’s – biggest shopping hubs. And for ...

Mary Quant, British fashion designer, is shown in 1970. Style Caster wrote in a 2022 deep dive into the history of the miniskirt that cave drawings showed people wearing garments cut-off well ...

LONDON, UK — Mary Quant, the visionary fashion designer whose colorful, sexy miniskirts epitomized Swinging London in the 1960s and influenced youth culture around the world, has died. She was ...

OBITUARY: The scandalous hemlines of the British designer, who has died at the age of 93, helped turn the Sixties into a bold and vibrant era of fashion, writes Linda Watson.

“Immoral! Disgusting!” So said those who were scandalised when Mary Quant’s mini skirts made their way onto the streets of London and beyond. The British fashion designer, who has died aged ...