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  • Saturday, 15 April, 2023
    Obituary
    Mary Quant, fashion designer, 1930-2023

    Her shockingly short skirts, waistless dresses and buzzing boutiques brought a feminist edge to the industry

    Mary Quant in her apartment in Dracott Place (Chelsea, London), in 1967
  • Thursday, 28 March, 2019
    Fashion
    Simon Schama celebrates the marvel of Mary Quant

    Simon Schama salutes the woman who made the Sixties swing

    UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 01:  Mary QUANT, fashion designer and initiator of the mini-skirt, is seen in her flat in Dracott Place, Chelsea surrounded by fashion drawings as she plans her new creations.  (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
  • Thursday, 5 October, 2017
    Life & Arts
    London Film Festival preview: the best of new British cinema and beyond

    First-timers and old hands take on issues of faith, disability and prejudice in a rich crop of movies

    '120 BPM'
  • Monday, 8 June, 2015
    ReviewLife & Arts
    The Queen of Spades, Coliseum, London — review

    ENO’s production of Tchaikovsky’s opera is a tour de force for outgoing music director Edward Gardner

    Peter Hoare in 'The Queen of Spades'
  • Friday, 18 May, 2012
    Life & Arts
    Belles of the ball

    An exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert museum celebrates 60 years of glamorous British gowns

  • Friday, 11 May, 2012
    ObituaryLife & Arts
    Stylist who reshaped the global industry
  • Friday, 2 March, 2012
    Life & Arts
    Still swinging

    The Sixties are back – again, because they never really went away

  • Friday, 15 July, 2011
    Life & Arts
    Flying colours

    Two collectors of vintage airline uniforms talk about the evolution of style in the skies

  • Tuesday, 21 September, 2010
    Music
    The Makropulos Case, Coliseum, London
  • Friday, 8 January, 2010
    Vanessa FriedmanLife & Arts
    The Noughtiest of them all
  • Saturday, 12 September, 2009
    Life & Arts
    Sale of the week: ‘Brokeback’ and Biba
  • Monday, 20 July, 2009
    Life & Arts
    Vanities, Second Stage Theatre, New York
  • Saturday, 10 January, 2009
    Personal & Household Goods
    Recession brings back the vintage look
  • Saturday, 20 September, 2008
    Life & Arts
    The Diary: Caroline Charles
  • Friday, 11 November, 2005
    Adventurous InvestorMergers & Acquisitions
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