The real creators of miniskirt are the girls, the same that you seen in the streets. Mary Quant More Quotes by Mary Quant More Quotes From Mary Quant Most of my memories of the Sixties are ones of optimism, high spirits and confidence. Mary Quant highconfidenceoptimismmemories I used to start re-arranging my school uniform, hitching up my skirt to be more exciting-looking. Mary Quant uniformmorestartschool Of course, I remember when everybody was thin. It wasn't until I went to America in the Sixties that I saw anyone who wasn't skinny thin. Mary Quant whoskinnyrememberamerica I saw no reason why childhood shouldn't last forever. So I created clothes that worked and moved and allowed people to run, to jump, to leap, to retain their precious freedom. Mary Quant childhoodclothesfreedompeople I remember one day, when things were going frightfully well, I went to buy myself a really smashing car. I asked them to show me a Porsche with an automatic gearbox, and the salesman called over all the other salesmen, and they stood around absolutely roaring with laughter. Mary Quant daymyselfmecar Only ugliness is obscene. Mary Quant onlyobsceneugliness In America, they never make anything without first having a market survey to ask the public what they want. People only ask for things they already know about, so you don't get anything new that way. That's why American fashion is stuck. Mary Quant youfashionpeopleway Let me give you an idea of Fifties Britain. The war had ended ten years before, and most people had returned to their gardens and allotments hoping life would revert to how it was before the hostilities. Mary Quant meyouwarlife In the old parts of Nice, the family tables are out in the cobbled streets so that you can't drive past. They insist you join them at midnight on a hot July evening. So that's just what you do, abandoning the car. Mary Quant youcarfamilypast People call things 'vulgar' when they are new to them. When they have become old, they become 'good taste.' Mary Quant newthingsgoodpeople People only see permissiveness in the sense of having more. Mary Quant moreonlyseepeople I think to myself, 'You lucky woman - how did you have all this fun?' Mary Quant womanmyselfthinkyou I still like the King's Road. It is very alive; it is a hustle of things from different countries and so on. It is lovely. Mary Quant kingroadhustlealive I have been on a diet since 1962. Mary Quant sincedietbeen London style is individual. Mary Quant individualstylelondon The fashionable woman is sexy, witty, and dry-cleaned. Mary Quant womanfashionablesexywitty
