Back in Blighty...

Mary Quant is the designer famous for creating the miniskirt and hotpants - she was extremely involved with the mod movement of the 60's, and her influence in fashion is still strong today.
In 1955, she opened her first store in London which was called 'Bazaar'. She sold small plastic collars, brightly coloured stockings and long menswear cardigans which women could often wear as dresses. It was totally modernistic and different from everything else at the time, making her extremely successful.


(Source: squarespace.com) 'Fashion is not frivolous. It's a part of being alive today'. - Mary Quant


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Elsewhere in London, the Royal College of Art was opening its doors to their new school of fashion design - many new young designers were being trained up and ready to burst on to the fashion scene.

(Source: dezeen.com)


In correlation to this new faith in the youth, VOGUE started up a fashion feature on fresh new talent - this helped to give designers the push they needed to get into the industry and their designs seen and worn. I think it's fantastic when high profile organisations do that as it really helps the struggling new talent to progress.