Farewell to Mary Quant, the designer who popularized the miniskirt

At the age of 93, Mary Quant, the famous fashion designer considered to be the one who invented the miniskirt, has passed away. A statement released by the family said she passed away peacefully this morning at her Surrey home.

Born in February 1930 in Blackheat, Mary Quant popularized the most beloved garment for girls in the 1960s, making it a symbol of rebellion against the formalism of the 1950s and Swinging London. She was called by her own family “one of the most internationally recognized designers of the 20th century and an outstanding innovator.”

The daughter of Welsh teachers, she opened her first store in 1955, Bazaar, on London’s Kings Road with her husband Alexander Plunket Greene. It is not certain whether she invented the miniskirt, but she certainly shortened the skirt hemline by at least six inches above the knee, freeing women’s fashion from narrow conventions.

“It is impossible to overestimate Quant’s contribution to fashion,” wrote the Victoria & Albert Museum. “She represented the joyous freedom of 1960s fashion and created a new model for young women. She helped define Britain’s global identity as a center of streetstyle and innovation. Fashion today owes so much to her revolutionary vision.”

Farewell to Mary Quant, the designer who popularized the miniskirt

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