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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless

Mary Quant, designer who epitomized Swinging 60s, dies at 93

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Fashion designer Dame Mary Quant, the designer widely credited for inventing the mini skirt and pioneering Swinging Sixties style, has died aged 93.

A statement issued by her family on Thursday (13 April) said Quant “died peacefully at home in Surrey, UK this morning”.

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