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    lexi.bestsitesubmit.com/frenchdesignerclothing.html - [Cached Version]
    Published on: 6/11/2008    Last Visited: 8/2/2008  

    fashion designer Mary Quant, who was inspired by the Mini automobile, although the French designer André Courrèges is also often cited as its inventor (the French referred

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    Published on: 2/1/2008    Last Visited: 6/18/2008  

    In the 80's Westwood creativity invaded runaways, starting with her celebrated debut in London in 1981 with her "Pirate collection" and being the first English designer after Mary Quant to have a show in Paris(1982); in the twenty five years that followed a lot of impressive collections hit European catwalks, combining different backgrounds and inspirations, from English traditional tailoring to couture-theatrical costumes, from feminine issues transposed in design to ironic, irreverent (but someway fascinated) approach to Monarchy institution in United Kingdom.The extraordinary strength of the character is witnessed by the great penetration of her audience into different contexts, from haute-couture experts to underground urban tribes, from artist and musician followers to prestigious institutional recognitions and honour titles: Miss Westwood controversial attitude is also represented by the fact she has been nominated "Officer of the Order of the British Empire" and "Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire", but at the same time in September 2005, Westwood joined forces with the British civil rights group Liberty and launched exclusive limited design T-shirts and baby wear bearing the slogan "I AM NOT A TERRORIST", please don't arrest me, in open contrast to English government foreign policy.

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    Published on: 4/14/2008    Last Visited: 4/14/2008  

    A trained dancer, Lady Devonport is a graduate of the Elmhurst School of Ballet and famously modelled for legendary designer Mary Quant during the 1960s.

    But it was while she was dealing with a group of volunteers who were on a 1920s diet, the era in which the naturism movement began, that Lady Devonport decided to take the plunge.

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    www.articlesexposed.co.uk/archives/april-2007/mini-dres - [Cached Version]
    Published on: 10/7/2008    Last Visited: 4/28/2007  

    London was the capital of the fashion world, Twiggy was the top model and Mary Quant was the top designer.
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    Mary Quant was the designer who did the most to popularize the mini dress and she was producing dresses and skirts, which sat around six inches above the knee.

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    Published on: 9/29/2007    Last Visited: 9/29/2007  

    Paul Smith, Mary Quant, David Bowie.
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    Influential 60s fashion designer Mary Quant said of her Mini: "It was my first car and I was very proud of.It was black with black leather seats - a handbag on wheels.Flirty, fun and exciting, it went exactly with the miniskirt".

    Mary Quant Designer Mini 'on 15th June, 1988. Mini Designer

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    Published on: 3/10/2007    Last Visited: 3/10/2007  

    k) Mary Quant (1934-): Fashion designer

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    Published on: 3/28/2007    Last Visited: 3/28/2007  

    The fashion designer Mary Quant was famously proud that her husband trimmed hers into a heart shape.

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    Published on: 1/12/2008    Last Visited: 1/23/2008  

    Mary Quant

    Mary Quant is the English fashion designer who invented hot pants and mini skirts.She started out with a designer fashion shop in Chelsea, London, in 1955.Her designs for skirts were becoming shorter from 1958 onwards and she saw the new length as being liberating for women, giving them more freedom of movement.The mini skirt was one of the main fashion items of the 1960's.In the late 1960's hot pants were launched.In the 1970's she moved into cosmetics and textile design.

    Mary Quant: Daywear
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    Chanel #5 Perfume, anything Mary Quant, love them all.

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    Published on: 5/17/2006    Last Visited: 7/31/2007  

    Modern assets include the Festival of Britain collection, 37 outfits given to the Museum by fashion designer Mary Quant and an original Ford Cortina dating from the 1960s.

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    Published on: 6/10/2008    Last Visited: 6/15/2008  

    The Sixties fashion exhibition is free to enter, and features original pieces from Biba, Ossie Clark, Mary Quant, Foale and Tuffi amongst ...http://www.catwalkqueen.tv/2006/08/see sixties fas.html
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    The 1960s Mini Skirt Fashion History - Mary Quant

    Right - The length of a typical late sixties short mini skirt.Picture of 5 point hairstyle. fashion history and costume history of the 1960s. ...http://www.fashion-era.com/the 1960s mini.htm
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    Mary Quant - 60s Fashion Designer - Sixties Fashion and Hair

    Mary Quant - fashion Designer . by Pat Jacobs.
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    Mary Quant was one of the most famous fashion designers of the 1960s her best-known creation was the mini-skirt ...http://www.loti.com/sixties fashion/Mary Quant sixties fashion.htm
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    The 1960s Mini Skirt Fashion History - Mary Quant

    Fashion History of the 1960s Mini Skirt.Mary Quant 1966 dress. ... Pantyhose Introduced Mid Sixties.Pinafores and Knits.Outdoor Clothes.Trousers ... http://www.fashion-era.com/the 1960s mini.htm

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