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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Charlotte McLaughlin

Mini skirt designer Mary Quant ‘democratised fashion and empowered women’

PA Wire

Fashion designer Dame Mary Quant, who “democratised fashion and empowered women”, will be remembered for widely being credited with popularising the mini skirt.

As one of the most influential figures in the fashion scene of the 1960s, she was seen as making fashion accessible to the masses with her sleek, streamlined and vibrant designs.

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