Mary Quant and the miniskirt

Witness History: Archive 2012 - A podcast by BBC World Service

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The British designer Mary Quant, who has died aged 93, was one of the architects of 1960s fashion. In this episode, first broadcast in 2012, Louise Hidalgo presents archive clips in which Quant remembers how the look that came to embody swinging London was created.Image: Mary Quant, pictured in 1965 (Credit: Keystone/Hulton Archive via Getty Images)