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" Let me give you an idea of Fifties Britain. The war had ended ten years before, and most people had returned to their gardens and allotments hoping life would revert to how it was before the hostilities. "

Mary Quant

War

Life

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" In the old parts of Nice, the family tables are out in the cobbled streets so that you can't drive past. They insist you join them at midnight on a hot July evening. So that's just what you do, abandoning the car. "

" Fashion is a very ongoing, renewing thing, about change and reaching for the next thing. You are permanently dissatisfied, and it's always got to get better. "

" As a child, I used to spend nearly all my summer holidays with my aunt in Wales, and we used to catch mackerel in a boat and then cook them on board. "

" I liked my skirts short because I wanted to run and catch the bus to get to work. "

" The Lord's Prayer is the most perfect piece of poetry. I always feel at peace and moved when I recite it. "

" Most of my memories of the Sixties are ones of optimism, high spirits and confidence. "

" Having money is rather like being a blond. It is more fun but not vital. "

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Fun

" I saw no reason why childhood shouldn't last forever. So I created clothes that worked and moved and allowed people to run, to jump, to leap, to retain their precious freedom. "

" When I opened my first shop, city gents were still carrying tightly furled umbrellas and wearing bowler hats. It was into this world that I launched my new ideas about fashion. "

" My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a frosty Christmas morning. "

" Coco Chanel hated me. I can understand why. "

" One day, a new fabric appeared on the scene. PVC was shiny, waterproof, and unlike anything I'd ever seen before. "

" My favourite Nice restaurant is in the market. It's open mainly for the market people, and shuts in August. "

" The real creators of miniskirt are the girls, the same that you seen in the streets. "

" I always designed clothes from a very young age because I didn't like the way they were. They were paralyzing; they were stilted. "

Mary Quant

Age

Way

" Only ugliness is obscene. "

" I absolutely adore cows. They're the most fascinating, gentle and beautiful animals. Their eyes are so amazing. I have ten that live on the land around my house. I love to talk to them. There are few things better than falling asleep in a field and being woken up by an inquisitive cow. "

" I designed the miniskirt that caused so much havoc in the Sixties - the miniskirt that was such fun but has travelled well to today. "

" The fashionable woman is sexy, witty, and dry-cleaned. "

" I've always loved painting and drawing. I wish I'd developed it more and exhibited. "

" In the first half of the 20th century, fashion was simply not a very English thing to do. "

" I liked masculine fabrics: Prince of Wales checks, city pinstripes, and flannels - worn with black tights, flattish shoes. "

" The miniskirt caused an extraordinarily powerful reaction. There were the people who hated it. "

" I remember one day, when things were going frightfully well, I went to buy myself a really smashing car. I asked them to show me a Porsche with an automatic gearbox, and the salesman called over all the other salesmen, and they stood around absolutely roaring with laughter. "

" I used to start re-arranging my school uniform, hitching up my skirt to be more exciting-looking. "

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Uniform

Start