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Mary quant born
Mary Quant
1930-2023
Who Was Mary Quant?
Immortalized by fashion iconography as the originator of the miniskirt, Dame Mary Quant had an art school background and began designing and manufacturing her own clothes in the late 1950s.
The London designer had one distinct advantage over previous designers: She was a contemporary of her clients, rather than of an older generation. Convinced that fashion needed to be affordable to be accessible to the young, she opened her own retail boutique called Bazaar on the Kings Road in 1955, introducing the “mod” era and the “Chelsea look.”
Quick Facts
FULL NAME: Barbara Mary Quant
BORN: February 11, 1930
DIED: April 13, 2023
BIRTHPLACE: London, England
SPOUSE: Alexander Plunket Greene (1957-1990)
CHILDREN: Orlando
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Aquarius
Early Life
Barbara Mary Quant was born on February 11, 1930, in London’s Blackheath neighborhood to Welsh teachers Jack and Mildred Quant, who were originally from mining families.
From an early age