FASHION
The real Mary Quant
Determined, innovative and a late-life mother — Quant, a documentary by Sadie Frost, revealed the true story of the famed Sixties designer, who has died aged 93
Mary Quant, driving a limited-edition Mini, 1988
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The Sunday Times
In 1965 Mary Quant designed a purple, short-sleeved, A-line minidress with an unconcealed zip up the front from waist to neckline, culminating in a large gold-coloured ring. Grace Coddington — then a model, later creative director of US Vogue — was photographed in it. As a suburban teenager in Liverpool I bought it with the money I got for my 14th birthday. I wore it to parties, where it proved a huge hit with excitable boys, for one yank and there was instant access to the training bra beneath. For me a Mary Quant dress, Mary Quant tights and Mary Quant lipstick in a signature daisy-embossed silver tube were the very breath of rebellion and modernity. And if I didn’t quite have the legs for
