Mary Quant – the great liberator

A V&A exhibition now opening in Bendigo celebrates the seminal sixties designer who helped a generation of women break free.

Mary Quant getting her hair cut by Vidal Sassoon in 1964. Getty

Lauren SamsFashion editor

Updated Apr 14, 2023 – 9.23am, first published at Mar 12, 2021 – 12.00am

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ame Mary Quant has died at age 93 on April 13. The fashion designer, known for shortening hemlines and introducing a new, more liberated kind of fashion for women in the 1960s (and beyond) was the subject of a retrospective at the Bendigo Art Gallery in 2021. Here, we republish an interview with the curators.

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Lauren SamsFashion editorLauren Sams is the fashion editor, based in Sydney. She writes about lifestyle including the arts, entertainment, fashion and travel. Lauren has worked as a features editor and fashion journalist for ELLE, marie claire and more.