Mary Quant: the fashion designer who shocked the establishment and defined an era
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 4:54 pm
https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/f ... ed-an-era/
Why is this relevant for MIS? Not entirely - but she was a huge influence on skirted fashion, helping usher in the miniskirt and such looks:
Why is this relevant for MIS? Not entirely - but she was a huge influence on skirted fashion, helping usher in the miniskirt and such looks:
It is hard now to understand the power of her influence and the shock of the new coltish, childlike fashion of the time that focused attention on long legs when tights with all kinds of decorative effects in all colours replaced stockings and suspenders. “Good designers must catch the spirit of the day. The whole point of fashion is to make fashionable clothes available to everyone,” she once said. Some of her most famous designs included PVC raincoats, skinny rib sweaters, hot pants, jersey dresses and one piece suits called “onesies”. She also challenged established gender norms by promoting trousers and suits as fashionable womenswear.