Mary Quant
Mary Quant
Dame Barbara Mary Quant, Mrs Plunket Greene, DBE, FCSD, RDIis a Welsh fashion designer and British fashion icon...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth11 February 1934
liked masculine prince wales worn
I liked masculine fabrics: Prince of Wales checks, city pinstripes, and flannels - worn with black tights, flattish shoes.
diet
I have been on a diet since 1962.
pan peter school
I dressed like Leslie Caron as a teenager: soft school pleats, Peter Pan collars.
hard staying work
I didn't get fat even when I was pregnant. You have to work very hard at staying slim, and it's a bore. But it's worth it.
work
I can't imagine not working, really. I just think work's more fun than fun.
age
I always designed clothes from a very young age because I didn't like the way they were. They were paralyzing; they were stilted.
adviser design
For one thing, I am still working as an adviser on fashion, design and colour and stuff.
eating la outdoors particular passion
Eating outdoors is a particular passion - that is, eating trestle-table a la nicoise.
Coco Chanel hated me. I can understand why.
art schools
Britain has always had more art schools per capita than any other country.
teachers
As the daughter of two teachers with first-class degrees, I'd always seen myself as a duffer by comparison.
aunt catch cook holidays nearly spend
As a child, I used to spend nearly all my summer holidays with my aunt in Wales, and we used to catch mackerel in a boat and then cook them on board.
developed loved
I've always loved painting and drawing. I wish I'd developed it more and exhibited.
absolutely adore amazing asleep beautiful falling few field gentle land love talk ten
I absolutely adore cows. They're the most fascinating, gentle and beautiful animals. Their eyes are so amazing. I have ten that live on the land around my house. I love to talk to them. There are few things better than falling asleep in a field and being woken up by an inquisitive cow.