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    Mary Quant, fashion designer who styled the Swinging Sixties, dies at 93

    Quant made playful clothes for young modern women they could wear to work and "run to the bus in." Her London shop was an epicenter of youth culture that popularized hot pants and miniskirts.
    by Neda Ulaby Apr 13, 2023 2 minutes
    Designer Mary Quant, one of the leading lights of the British fashion scene in the 1960s, having her hair cut by Vidal Sassoon in 1964.

    Fashion designer Dame Mary Quant has died at her home in Surrey, UK, according to her family. She was 93.

    Synonymous with the Swinging Sixties in London, she helped make hot pants, miniskirts and Vidal Sassoon bobs essential to the era's look. While still in her 20s, Quant opened an influential shop on

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