Iconic British fashion designer Dame Mary Quant has died at the age of 93.<br /><br />She died peacefully at her Surrey home on Thursday morning (13 April), her family said.<br /><br />Dame Mary began her fashion career an apprentice to a milliner before making her own clothes.<br /><br />In 1955 she opened Bazaar, a boutique on the King’s Road in Chelsea.<br /><br />Dame Mary is credited with making popular several influential designs, including the mini-skirt, PVC rainwear, and the skinny-rib sweater, and developing the mod style of the 1960s.
