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AS ONE of the world’s most famous fashion designers, Mary Quant found inspiration everywhere – including in Glasgow’s most glamorous…

Designer moved rapidly from boutique to mass-market with her sexualising of the look of a young girl that now seems disturbing

One of the most influential fashion designers of the 20th century remembered as the mother of the miniskirt

With her PVC raincoats, pinafores and sky-high hemlines, Mary Quant changed the landscape of British fashion forever

The UK's first supermodel, 73, who modelled for Mary, hailed her as a revolutionary business pioneer after the self-taught designer's family revealed she had died aged 93 at her home in Surrey on Thursday (13.04.23) morning

A statement from her loved ones issued to the Press Association on Thursday (13.04.23) said the pioneering self-taught designer - hailed by many as the inventor of the mini-skirt - ""died peacefully at home in Surrey, UK this morning""

LONDON: Fashion designer Mary Quant, the style queen of Britain’s Swinging Sixties who popularised the miniskirt, died on Thursday aged 93, her family said, prompting a flood of tributes.

Jenny Fenwick's Mary Quant original was already outrageously short for its time. But she cut it even shorter.

The British fashion designer is known for popularising the miniskirt.

Twiggy has paid tribute to the late queen of Britains Swinging Sixties fashion Dame Mary Quant.