Mary Quant

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Mary Quant

• By Chloe Gontier

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Contents

• Mary Quant
• Her Designs
• Pictures of Her Outfits
• Her Childhood
• Mary Quants Famous Bob
• Mary Quant Cosmetics
• The Miniskirt
• A Shiny Outfit
• Mary Quant Video

• How did Mary Quant make a difference?
• Mary Quants Insparation and her Models
• Thankyou!

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Mary Quant
She had an art-school background and had been
designing and manufacturing her own clothes since
the late 50's.
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Her Designs

• Her designs were mainly black and white but some
  were very brightly coloured. In the 1960s she won
  a number of design awards and in 1966 Mary Quant
  was awarded the OBE. Her designs proved
  particularly popular in the sixties, most notably
  Mary Quant designed the mini-skirt which became
  emblematic of the decade. In 1966 she branched
  out by founding Mary Quant Cosmetics.

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Pictures of her Outfits
Mary Quant is modelling her designs on the right!
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Her Childhood

• Mary Quant was born on February 11, 1934 in
  London. Her childhood was disrupted by World War
  II. In her autobiography Quant by Quant which was
  written in 1966 she wrote "Almost my first clear
  memory is the day we were evacuated from
  Blackheath to a village in Kent." The village
  they lived in was on the east coast of England
  and it placed the family directly beneath the
  path of German planes flying over the coast on
  their way to bomb London.
• "Because we had no understanding of the grim
  tragedies of war," she remembered, "this was
  tremendous fun." She would run with her brother,
  Tony, and their friends to investigate and
  ransack crashed planes, they would take
  everything they could carry home to look at.

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Mary Quants Famous Bob

• Vidal Sassoon was one of the most famous and
  popular hair stylists in the 1960s. All of his
  styles were all incredibly modern. The hairstyles
  created by Sassoon needed and suited dark,
  dead-straight and shiny hair. Next he expertly
  cut into strange shapes, his hair styles were
  rather geometric.
• In 1963 Sassoon created a short and sweet
  hairstyle cut carefully, it was named the bob.
  His amazing haircuts were very accurately cut,
  but were entirely chemical free, relying on the
  natural shine of the hair for the great effect.
• He thought that hair was nature's biggest
  compliment and he said that we have to look
  after our hair very carefully. The cut is the
  most important element and it gives a mysterious
  look.
• Haircutting simply means design and this feeling
  for design must come from within.' - Vidal
  Sassoon.

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Mary Quant Cosmetics
During the 1960s and 70s when Mary Quant was a
designer , there was a growing interest in the
use of natural ingredients in cosmetic products.
Mary Quant branched out and founded her cosmetics
range , it was launched in 1966 and the Special
Recipe range reflected this new interest of
organic ingredients . The natural ingredients
used in the Quant cosmetics were honey, almond
oil, parsley seed oil and herb extracts.
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The Miniskirt

• The 60's were a time of shocks and the mini was
  the greatest of them all. Women were allowed to
  do more things , have their say and more
  importantly allowed free love. As a result skirt
  lengths shortened and more skin was shown. With
  hemlines rising a new emphasis was seen on the
  leg. Stockings became important, with bold
  textures, and bright colours and soon complicated
  and interesting patterns and great style.
• Mary Quant was a key in the launch of the mini,
  because of course she designed it! It was best
  worn by the young, but it caught everyone from
  young girls to grandmothers.

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A Shiny Outfit!!!
I like this outfit because it is black shiny and
it looks absolutely great! I like this design
because it is a real what I call LOOK AT ME
outfit. The worst bit about it is the hat as it
looks so strange! I can see why people liked Mary
Quants designs cant you?
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Mary Quant Video
This is a picture of Mary Quant, it links to a
Video of Mary Quant.
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How did Mary Quant make a difference?

• Womens fashion was all very old and she changed
  the whole fashion range for women as she made
  skirts shorter and made women more confident with
  themselves.

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Mary Quants inspiration and her models

• For Mary Quant, there was no such thing as
  leaving a stone unturned. She touched and
  discovered everything and anything that would
  make the life of a woman easier and more
  beautiful. For example she created the miniskirt
  to make it easier for women to move around and to
  have fun. Quant used top models like Twiggy to
  personify the young, sweetness and innocence of
  her clothing. She also used top model Jean
  Shrimpton, who carried off her creations to
  perfection. Her fashions were focused on young
  girls her designs were bright, sleek lined, and
  easy-to wear.

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• Thankyou for Watching my Power point on Mary
  Quant!