Quant passed away at the age of 93. She was considered one of the most influential fashion designers of the sixties
Mary Quant is dead. The fashion designer and inventor of the mini skirt died at her home in Surrey, southern England, on April 13. She was 93 years old.
“She died this morning [13. April] peacefully at home in Surrey, UK,” read a statement from her family, available to the British PA. “Dame Mary, 93 years old, was one of the most famous fashion designers of the 20th century and an outstanding pioneer of the ‘Swinging Sixties'”. She was considered to be the co-inventor of the miniskirt, which is well-known today and is widespread around the world, which she redesigned as a garment suitable for the masses and thus became one of the most revolutionary and important designers of the 1960s and 1970s. In addition, she is credited with having a major influence on English mod fashion.
“I started designing fashion because I wanted more freedom and fewer rules. Today everyone wears what they want, where they want and how they want. It’s just fantastic,” she explained in an interview about her opinion on fashion development.
She leaves behind a son and three grandchildren. Her husband Alexander Plunket Greene died in 1990. The couple married in 1957.