Mary As

Mary Quant is creative of British mode born the February 11th 1934 with London.

It belongs to the creators having given rise to the Minijupe. Born in Kent, As for studied the illustration at the university of Goldsmith before taking down a station in a dressmaker. In October 1955, it joined her husband Alexander Plunket Greene, and their accountant archie McNair, to open a shop of clothing on Kings Road in London: Bazaar. Following the good sales obtained for a model innovating of Pyjamas S, and being dissatisfied variety of clothing which was presented to him, Mary Quant decided to create its own line of clothing. Working at the beginning only in solo, it used a handle of machinists; in 1966 she worked with eighteen different manufacturers in competition.

Its skirts became increasingly short since 1958 - a development which she considered practical and liberator, allowing the women to run after a bus… The miniskirt, which returned it celebrates, became the reference of the mode of the years 1960. The miniskirt was also developed by André Courrèges, and it exists there a dissension which prevents us from saying which had the idea the first. Mary As for named the miniskirt according to its preferred car model, the Mini .

In 1961, As for open second Bazaar to Knightsbridge and about 1965 it exported already towards the the United States. Answering the request, Quant was committed in the mass production, setting up the Ginger group. The popularity of Mary Quant was with its apogee in the years 1960, time during which it produced the dangerously short microphone-miniskirt, the make-up " box of peinture" , and the impermeable ones out of plastic. It was described as leader of the mode apart from Paris.

In 1966, it was promoted Member off the British Empire for services rendered to the industry of the mode.

At the end of the years 1960, Quant launched the Shorts (“hot pants”), which were its last creation of mode. During the years 1970 and 1980, it was interested in the accessories of house and the make-up.

In 1988, Mary Quant drew the interior of new the Minis (1000) Designer (Originally called Minis As, but his name was changed because the diagrams of popularity was against the fact of having the name of As on a car). It had seats striped in black and white with a red instrument panel. The safety belts were red, and the seats driver and passenger were signed in top on the left. The wheel also carried the signature of Mary Quant. The headlights, the mudguards, the handles of doors and the bumpers were gray chechmate, instead of the traditional black or chrome completions. 2000 were available to the sale in Great Britain as of on June 15th, 1988; a certain number of minis additional were manufactured for the overseas markets. The special edition of the minis was presented two colors, in black and milky white.

It is member of Chartered Society off Designers, and gaining of Minerva Medal, higher reward of the Company.

In 2000, she resigned as a director of Mary Quant Ltd., her company of cosmetics, after a Japanese repurchase. There exists more than 200 shops to the colors of Mary As for Japan, where the fashion Quant guard a certain popularity.

Mary As for a son, fore-mentioned Orlando.

Laurent Voulzy devoted a song to him.

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