![]() Tuesday 4 July, 2.30-3.30pm: Mary Quant in Context: 1970s' Fashion Tuesday 16 June 2.30–3.30pm: Mary Quant in Context: 1960s’ fashion ![]() To tie-in with the Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary exhibition at Kelvingrove, join Rebecca Quinton, Curator, European Dress and Textiles in a specialist viewing session at Glasgow Museums Resource Centre looking at 1960 and 70s fashion from the European dress collection. Included with the price of your ticket, please meet inside the exhibition. These 10–15 mini bite-size talks will each focus on a different key outfit within the Mary Quant exhibition. Pop up Mini Bites with Rebecca Quinton, Curator European Dress and Textiles. Mary Quant style Georgie dress pattern Talks and Events Why not make your own 1960s-style minidress or Georgie dress? The free, downloadable sewing patterns are available on the V&A website, inspired by Mary Quant's classic A-line mini – the look that defined a generation. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, until 22 October 2023īuy online (booking fee applies), from the Museum Shop or by phoning 01.įor groups of 12 people or more, please email u s Make your own Mary Quant style clothes! We didn’t necessarily realise that what we were creating was pioneering, we were simply too busy relishing all the opportunities and embracing the results before rushing on to the next challenge!’Īn exhibition organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. She dressed liberated women, freed from rules and regulations, and from dressing like their mothers.’ĭame Mary Quant said: ‘It was a wonderfully exciting time and despite the frenetic, hard work we had enormous fun. Jenny Lister, co-curator of Mary Quant at the V&A, said: ‘Mary Quant transformed the fashion system, overturning the dominance of luxury couture from Paris. ![]() Alongside miniskirts, hot pants and tights, accessories, including Quant Afoot shoes, and make-up, iconic photographs will celebrate the marketing campaigns that helped promote Mary Quant’s photogenic looks and youthful brand.ĭame Mary Quant received the Companion of Honour Award in HM King Charles III’s first New Years Honours List. ![]() From Quant’s early years when the self-taught designer created garments overnight, to her designs being sold internationally, the exhibition reveals the real stories behind the myths and shows how Quant democratised fashion and empowered women through her determination, ingenuity and unique personal style, which she exported around the world.ĭisplays explore the evolution of the miniskirt, her novel use of modern materials such as PVC, and how her Ginger Group wholesale label was sold internationally from Glasgow’s House of Fraser to department stores in San Francisco and Sydney. ![]() This is the final chance to see the exhibition, which features over 100 garments, accessories, cosmetics and photographs drawn from the V&A’s extensive collections, Dame Mary Quant’s archive and, following a public appeal, many private collections.įocusing on the years from 1955, when Quant opened her experimental boutique Bazaaron the King’s Road, Chelsea, through the ‘Swinging Sixties’ when Mary Quant was awarded her OBE, to 1975, it showcases the period when Quant revolutionised the high street with her subversive and playful designs for a younger generation. The V&A’s major retrospective of Dame Mary Quant, one of Britain’s most iconic and celebrated fashion designers, is now on at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum until 22 October 2023, after returning from international tour. Tickets: Adults £8.50, Concession £6.50, Under 12s FREE Quant revolutionised the high street with her subversive and playful designs for a younger generation © Ronald Dumont/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Now on until 22 October 2023 ![]()
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