https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mary-quant-miniskirt-obituary-1.6808979

Mary Quant, the visionary fashion designer whose colourful, sexy miniskirts epitomized Swinging London in the 1960s and influenced youth culture around the world, has died, her family said. She was 93.

Quant's family said she died "peacefully at home" in Surrey, southern England, on Thursday.

Quant helped popularize the miniskirt — some credit her with inventing it — and the innovative tights that went along with it, creating dresses and accessories that were an integral part of the look. She created mix-and-match, simple garments that had an element of whimsy. Some compared her impact on the fashion world to the Beatles' impact on pop music.

"I think it was a happy confluence of events, which is really what fashion is so often all about," said Hamish Bowles, international editor at large for American Vogue magazine. "She was the right person with the right sensibility in the right place at the right time. She appeared on the scene at the exact cusp of the '60s."

Yes, mini skirts and hot pants. I had both but copied, I didn't have money for her label in the late 60's. And I feel much the same age as you. I do remember when 93 sounded absolutely ancient and now more like a life well lived.

LOL, my first post has not shown up! I think it must be the word s e x y.😳 Or Hamish Bowles😀

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I loved Mary Quant and hadn't thought about her in years. Loved the fashion and emulated it back in the day. She lived a long life.

Makesme feel old, too too, but then again, I am.

You could buy Mary Quant makeup in the 80s, and I did. I seem to recall reading her biography (autobiography?) back then as well. I was attending F.I.T. in Manhattan and was really into 60s mod fashion back then, as it was a strong influence on the New Wave youth culture at the time.

Life well-lived indeed!

OMG, Al Jaffee, too! Off to edit the OP.

While I didn’t have Mary Quant stuff, I definitely had MAD magazines.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65238630

Award-winning American cartoonist Al Jaffee, renowned for his work on satirical magazine Mad, has died at the age of 102.

Jaffee, who was still working up until three years ago, set a Guinness World Record for his 77-year career.

How well I remember! My mom made a few MQ things for me from McCall’s and Butterick patterns. My favorite was the upper right one here. My dress was black with white ruffled neck and cuffs. Fun to find this online!

Chloebud, I can’t see your pics but thay are probably pretty similar to a dress I had to make for home ec. at school.

We then had to have a fundraiser and did a fashion show of our creations. It was called the Annual Strawberry Tea.

I couldn’t sew worth a darn, nor could my mother or father. I made a lime green mini dress with a bright pink flowered pattern. The night before the show, I was trying to fix the bust darts (I was not Twiggy) and was overzealous with the seam ripper and tore the material under the arm. I fixed it as best I could and walked the runway the next day with my arm pressed tightly against my side.

roxsol, it was there but disappeared. Now it only shows up when I click on Edit. Weird. I’ll try another pic here for the black dress.

Al Jaffee also did the fold-ins on Mad magazine's back pages.

And it's funny that Quant's designs were made by a pattern company, I was just recalling that she stated when she was just starting out, she would buy sewing patterns and mix and match the pieces to make her garments. She said she really wasn't much of a seamstress, IIRC.