Mary Quant: Mini skirt creator and queen of Swinging London | Gender and art | Scoop.it
From artdaily.com - February 8, 2014 5:18 AM

"The creator of the mini-skirt, British designer Mary Quant, turns 80 on Tuesday still brimming with enthusiasm for fashion and women's rights. She admits a certain nostalgia for the "high excitement and innovation" of 1960s "Swinging London", but told AFP it was "wonderful to be a woman and alive right now". "