The inspirational story of Mary Quant's stellar career

'First there was Chanel and then there was Quant.'
Eugenia Sheppard
New York Herald Tribune

Not many names epitomise an era, but Mary Quant is such a name. Her life, her ideas and her style touched (and continue to touch) everyone. Mary Quant is fashion. Most people connect Mary with one thing - the mini skirt - that ground-breaking design that is as potent now as it was when it first appeared in the early sixties. But her influence carried way beyond those early frenetic black-and-white years.

This is Mary Quant's incredible memoir in her own inimitable style - a witty, unique account of her whirlwind life. It is a story like no other. But then there is only one Mary Quant.

'The whole point of fashion is to make fashionable clothes available to everyone.'
Mary Quant

MARY QUANT IS FASHION.

Not many names epitomise an era, but Mary Quant is one such name. Her life, her ideas and her style touched everyone.

Most people connect Mary with one thing - the mini skirt - that ground-breaking design that is as potent now as it was when it first appeared in the early sixties. But her influence carried way beyond those early, frenetic black-and-white years. This, Mary Quant's memoir, is written in her own inimitable style - it's a witty, unique account of her whirlwind life. It is a story like no other.

But then, Mary Quant was a true original.