British fashion designer Mary Quant, credited with turning the miniskirt into a worldwide phenomenon, has died.
, credited with turning the miniskirt into a worldwide phenomenon, has died age 93, her family announced in a statement via the PA news agency.
Her family called her"one of the most internationally recognised fashion designers of the 20th Century and an outstanding innovator." For women who came of age wearing them, Quant's designs represented freedom, empowerment, and the rejection of their parents' aesthetic standards.
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