british designer Mary Quant He died this Thursday at the age of 93. This entrepreneur is synonymous with miniskirts in the world of fashion, his world. She is credited with popularizing this garment in the late sixties.

Quant was one of the “most internationally recognized fashion designers of the 20th century” and an “innovative figure of the roaring 1960s”, the family added. She opened her first store in the central street of Kings Road in 1955 and “his forward-thinking, creative talents made a unique contribution to British fashion,” he added.

The dressmaker, who held the title of “lady”, was very influential in the 1960s and is credited with having made the fashion out accessible for him Big audience through its elegant and vibrant designs. Born in South East London on February 11, 1930, Dame Mary was the daughter of two Welsh schoolteachers.

She earned a diploma in the 1950s in Art Education at Goldsmiths College, where she met her husband, Alexander Plunket Greene, who later helped establish his brand. Quant was hired as a milliner’s apprentice before making her own clothes and in 1955 she opened “Bazaar”, her shop on Kings Road in London’s Chelsea.

After learning of his death, Alexandra Shulmanformer editor-in-chief of British Vogue magazine, said that Mary Quant was “a leader of fashion, but also of female entrepreneurshipa visionary who was much more than a great haircut”, referring to the short hair she used to wear and which was very popular in the sixties.

In addition, on its Twitter account, the Victoria & Albert museum, London, noted that “Quant’s contribution to fashion cannot be overstated. She represented the joyous freedom of 1960s fashion and provided a new model for continue for young women. Fashion today owes much to her pioneering vision.”