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Mary Quant
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British fashion designer (1930-2023)
Key facts
- Born
- Barbara Mary Quant , ( 1930-02-11 ) 11 February 1930, Woolwich , London, England
- Died
- 13 April 2023 (2023-04-13) (aged 93), Surrey , England
- Other name
- Barbara Mary Plunket Greene
- Education
- Goldsmiths College
- Label
- Mary Quant
- Spouse
- Alexander Plunket Greene ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1957 ; died 1990 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mary
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Blackheath
- Occupation
- fashion designer
- Educated at
- Goldsmiths, University of London
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- fashion design
- Official website
- www.maryquant.co.uk
- Image
- Mary Quant (1966) (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1934-02-11
- Commons category
- Mary Quant
- has works in the collection
- Kunstmuseum Den Haag
- floruit
- 1955-01-01
- name in native language
- Dame Barbara Mary Quant
- date of death
- 2023-04-13
- birth name
- Barbara Mary Quant
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Encyclopedic overview
Dame Barbara Mary Quant (11 February 1930 – 13 April 2023) was a British fashion designer and icon. She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth fashion movements, and played a prominent role in London's Swinging Sixties culture. She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hotpants. Ernestine Carter wrote: "It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In recent fashion there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant."
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mary Quant” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.