What have people said about Dame Mary Quant?
Mary Quant has been hailed for decades as the inventor of the iconic 1960s look.
Prior to her death, voices in the fashion industry hailed her for “liberating women.”
Hailing Mary “one of the most important British designers ever”, Jasper, 61, says she liberated women.
He says: “Mary’s vision was to bring clothes to young working girls, the first girls to have jobs and a career in Britain.”
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Sixties model Twiggy, now 72, says: “Her clothes were very short and very subtle. The shoes were flat so you could run and dance in them.
“In fact all the clothes were very simple, but put together they created a very strong look that said somehow, ‘Look at me, isn’t life marvellous?’ ”
Make-up artist Charlotte Tilbury, 48, says: “She was an innovator, a rule- breaker, she empowers women.
“This amazing woman with a sense of freedom and disruption really created a global look.”
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