Mary Quant, fashion mastermind of Swinging ‘60s style, dies at 93

Mary Quant, British fashion designer, is shown in 1970. Quant, the designer whose fashions epitomized the Swinging 60s, died “peacefully at home” in Surrey, southern England, on Thursday, her family said. (AP)

LONDON — Mary Quant, the visionary fashion designer whose colorful, sexy miniskirts epitomized London in the 1960s and influenced youth culture around the world, has died. She was 93.

Quant’s family said she died “peacefully at home” in Surrey, southern England, on Thursday.