Mary Quant


Fascinating exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum looking at the design and career of Mary Quant.

I liked the fact this show looked at the business innovations of Mary Quant as well as having a great show of the clothes. It was nice that so many of the clothes came with a story about who had owned then and when they’d worn them but because these labels were so low down it was hard to read them in a crowded gallery also please consider you audience who largely wear vary vocals and have to bend down to read these so blocking other people from seeing them even more!

I had expected this to be a very colourful show but had forgotten our love of browns and mud greens in the 60s and 70s. I was fascinated to see all the different collections and price points Quant had designed for and to see how her work influenced the things I had worn as a child at that time.

The show covered her innovations well from transforming shopping with the opening of her first shop Bazaar in 1955 which led to a host of boutiques, the introduction of on the first designer logos with her trademarked Daisy design, the move into paper patterns and of course, her role in popularising tights. We have a lot to thank her for!

Closes 16 February 2020

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