British designer Mary Quant, who revolutionized fashion by popularizing the miniskirt, died Thursday at the age of 93. Mary Quant, a figure of the "Swinging Sixties", died "peacefully" at her home in Surrey, southern England, her family said. She was "one of the best-known stylists of the twentieth century and an exceptional innovator," her relatives greeted.
Born on February 11, 1930 in London, she opened her first shop, "Bazaar", in 1955 in the Chelsea district then in full boil. This clothing and accessories store quickly became a meeting place for the Beatles or the Rolling Stones. We also met Brigitte Bardot, Audrey Hepburn. His style was very recognizable, with its famous brown fringe sculpted by Vidal Sassoon.
Mary Quant was best known for creating dresses and skirts that were short, with simple lines and bright colors. But women also owe him the shorts ("hot-pants"), plastic raincoats, makeup "paint box" and waterproof mascara. "It just so happened that my clothes fit exactly with teenage fashion, with pop, espresso bars and jazz clubs," she commented in Quant by Quant, her first autobiography published in 1965.
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