Terence Pepper
Collection
Mary Quant
Born in London in 1934 Quant studied illustration before working as an apprentice milliner and then switching to fashion design. She opened her first boutique, Bazaar, on King's Road in 1955. It was co-founded with her future husband, Alexander Plunket Greene. With its low prices and vibrant, modern designs, the shop signalled a new era in accessible fashion. Famed for popularising, if not inventing, the mini skirt, her designs were made up of simple shapes and strong colours
Photographed by Terence Donovan, 18 July 1963
Photographed by John Cowan with her husband, Alexander Plunket Greene, outside her shop, 'Bazaar', 1961
With rolls of her ICI fabrics, photographed by Camera Press, 1975
On her new Raleigh RSW.16 mini-bike, with Peter Seales of Raleigh, 1966
Photographed by Vic Singh, 1961
With Lord John of Carnaby St at London Airport before flying to Rome to open 'Mod' shops, 9 March 1967
1973
In her flat in Draycott Place, Chelsea, London. Photographed by Keystone Press, 1965
Baba is wearing an item from the Ginger Collection, 16 October 1969
Photographed by Vic Singh, 1961
At the 9th Annual Women of the Year luncheon at Savoy Hotel, 10 October 1963
After receiving it from Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace, 19 November 1966
With knitting pattern designers and company employees including Archie McNair (far left), Tom Tottman (far right), Mikki Katz, Fitter Pura, Garces Nodek, Jill Stinchcombe, Joan Zimbler, Anne Cossins, George Kersen,Annabel Mackay and Robert Peel. November 1963
With her husband at London Airport before flying to NY to present her designs, 17 September 1964
Mary Quant and Alexander Plunket Greene with their baby Orlando in front of painting by Allen Jones titled 'Ooh La La', photographed by John Hedgecoe, 1971
Photographed as part of 'The 'Way Out' World of Mary Quant' series, 1963