FASHION DESIGNER

Mary Quant

1930 - 2023

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Dame Barbara Mary Quant (11 February 1930 – 13 April 2023) was a British fashion designer and icon. She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth fashion movements, and played a prominent role in London's Swinging Sixties culture. She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hotpants. Ernestine Carter wrote: "It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Quant is the 17th most popular fashion designer, the 837th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 726th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Fashion Designer.

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS

Among fashion designers, Mary Quant ranks 17 out of 51. Before her are Ralph Lauren, Donatella Versace, Hubert de Givenchy, Roberto Cavalli, Tommy Hilfiger, and Elsa Schiaparelli. After her are Charles Frederick Worth, Yohji Yamamoto, Tom Ford, John Galliano, Kenzō Takada, and Oscar de la Renta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Mary Quant ranks 72. Before her are Jesús Franco, Derek Walcott, Johan Galtung, Robert Wagner, Ivan Silayev, and William R. Pogue. After her are Adunis, Moustapha Akkad, Stanley Miller, Gaafar Nimeiry, Sonia Rykiel, and Jean Rochefort. Among people deceased in 2023, Mary Quant ranks 55. Before her are Wolfgang Schäuble, Tony Bennett, Lisa Marie Presley, Robert Solow, Ivan Silayev, and Miroslav Blažević. After her are Burt Young, Glenda Jackson, László Sólyom, David McCallum, Cormac McCarthy, and Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Quant ranks 837 out of 8,785. Before her are Louis Wain (1860), Ian McEwan (1948), Denis Law (1940), Oliver Heaviside (1850), Chris Norman (1950), and Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850). After her are Brian Cox (1946), James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1534), Ernest Thompson Seton (1860), Eleanor Marx (1855), Wilkie Collins (1824), and John Newlands (1837).

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS In United Kingdom

Among fashion designers born in United Kingdom, Mary Quant ranks 2. Before her are Vivienne Westwood (1941). After her are Charles Frederick Worth (1825), Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon (1863), and Sarah Burton (1974).

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