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Mary Quant obituary: pioneering designer who created the 1960s look

One of the most influential fashion designers of the 20th century remembered as the mother of the miniskirt

If The Beatles wrote the soundtrack for the legend of Swinging Sixties London, then Mary Quant created the look, said Jess Cartner-Morley in The Guardian. One of the most influential fashion designers of the 20th century, Quant, who has died aged 93, is most closely associated with the miniskirt.

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