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    • Saturday, 15 April, 2023
      Obituary
      Mary Quant, fashion designer, 1930-2023

      Her shockingly short skirts, waistless dresses and buzzing boutiques brought a feminist edge to the industry

      Mary Quant in her apartment in Dracott Place (Chelsea, London), in 1967
    • Thursday, 28 March, 2019
      Fashion
      Simon Schama celebrates the marvel of Mary Quant

      Simon Schama salutes the woman who made the Sixties swing

      UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 01:  Mary QUANT, fashion designer and initiator of the mini-skirt, is seen in her flat in Dracott Place, Chelsea surrounded by fashion drawings as she plans her new creations.  (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
    • Thursday, 5 October, 2017
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      London Film Festival preview: the best of new British cinema and beyond

      First-timers and old hands take on issues of faith, disability and prejudice in a rich crop of movies

      '120 BPM'
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      ENO’s production of Tchaikovsky’s opera is a tour de force for outgoing music director Edward Gardner

      Peter Hoare in 'The Queen of Spades'
    • Friday, 18 May, 2012
      Life & Arts
      Belles of the ball

      An exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert museum celebrates 60 years of glamorous British gowns

    • Friday, 11 May, 2012
      ObituaryLife & Arts
      Stylist who reshaped the global industry
    • Friday, 2 March, 2012
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      Still swinging

      The Sixties are back – again, because they never really went away

    • Friday, 15 July, 2011
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      Flying colours

      Two collectors of vintage airline uniforms talk about the evolution of style in the skies

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