Mod British Mary Quant Designs
If there is one designer in Britain that stands for mod-makeup and sixties fashion it is Mary Quant. The brand name of Mary Quant has been around since the sixties. Aside from make-up she is also one of the influential British designers that as presenting miniskirts and hot pants in the early 1960s. She is considered to be absolutely influential in developing the course of British fashion and her retr0-designs and make-up line are still very popular.
Quant’s clothing and make-up as seen on everybody in the early sixties. Her white eyelids and shiny pale lipsticks were popular with school kids but also televisions, stars, sporting figures, singers and famous models. She was considered to be the top designer when it came to mixing pop art looks with fashion.
Quant was not afraid to be experimental. She made sweater dresses with plastic collars and had models wearing stretch stockings as pants. Her patterns were also bold stripes and checks. Many of her models wore tight tops and dressed with plastic lace-up boots and a see-through plastic coat.
IN 1963 Mary Quant won the very first Dress of the Year award. The dress was a baby doll pinafore dress and blouse.
She is said to have invented the mini-skirt, which she named after her favorite car, the Austin Mini as well as the colorful patterned tights to go with it. In 1988 she designed a custom Mini (1000) called the Mini Quant. The e car had black and white striped seats with red trim and a steering wheel with her signature on it. The car came in jet black or white.
Mary Quant also made a big splash in the makeup world. She was known for presenting models who wore a great deal of thick black eyeliner with a lot of false eyelashes. By contrast the lips on the models would be very pale. The look of these heavily lined eyes was considered to be very Egyptian looking. Quant was also known for her pearly pink lipsticks which made the lips seem very tactile and frosty. Winged eyeliner shapes were combined with frosty white shadow to create a unique look.
She first made her money in 1955 by opening a small shop on King’s Road in London called Bazaar. The store sold white plastic collars to brighten up black dresses and black stretch pajamas. She also claims to have invented duvet covers.