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" 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. "

Mary Quant

Fashion

City

World

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" In America, they never make anything without first having a market survey to ask the public what they want. People only ask for things they already know about, so you don't get anything new that way. That's why American fashion is stuck. "

" Britain has always had more art schools per capita than any other country. "

Mary Quant

Art

Country

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

Mary Quant

Fun

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

" 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. "

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" I still like the King's Road. It is very alive; it is a hustle of things from different countries and so on. It is lovely. "

Mary Quant

Road

Alive

" Risk it; go for it. Life always gives you another chance, another go at it. It's very important to take enormous risks. "

Mary Quant

You

Risks

" The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don't wear her. "

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Mary Quant

Sense

Having