The study of the history of fashion has always excited me due to the loop that fashion revolves in. You see repetitions everyday of old fashion styles that reappear in a new invented way to be up to date and modern which is something that I love to unfold and trace back to it roots. This started on a night out into London recently where I clumsily stumbled into a girl who was wearing the shortest mini skirt I had ever seen and wondered where it originally come from. It all began with Mary Quant; London Fashion designer in the late 50’s-60’s. She brought the mini skirt to life as a new youthful look for the teenagers and young adults of London so they could avoid dressing like their mothers. Mary Quant’s mini skirt became renowned as the epitome of the ‘London Look’. She opened a little boutique in Chelsea and designed many more iconic looks, a few of her favourites being PVC lace up boots, little plastic raincoats and cute pinafore dresses. She designed the fashion of London during the 60’s and received her OBE for contribution to the fashion industry.
So next time you head out wearing your beautiful figure flattering mini skirt, remember, always give thanks to the lovely lady that made it all possible; Mary Quant everybody.
