Mary Quant quotes
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“The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don't wear her.”
-- Mary QuantSource : Mary Quant (1966). “Quant”
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“Fashion is not frivolous. It is a part of being alive today.”
-- Mary QuantSource : Mary Quant (1966). “Quant”
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“Having money is rather like being a blond. It is more fun but not vital.”
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“Risk it, go for it. Life always gives you another chance, another go at it. It's very important to take enormous risks.”
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“Fashion is a tool... to compete in life outside the home”
-- Mary QuantSource : Mary Quant (1966). “Quant”
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“Rules are invented for lazy people who don't want to think for themselves.”
-- Mary QuantSource : Mary Quant (1966). “Quant”
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“Fashion, as we knew it, is over; people wear now exactly what they feel like wearing.”
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“Being young is greatly overestimated ... Any failure seems so total. Later on you realize you can have another go.”
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“One of the things I've learned is never to horde ideas, because either they are not so relevant or they've gone stale. Whatever it is, pour it out.”
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“Fashion is a tool... to compete in life outside the home. People like you better, without knowing why, because people always react well to a person they like the looks of.”
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“Good taste is death. Vulgarity is life.”
-- Mary QuantSource : "Why Mary Quant's Swinging Sixties London Look Stills Holds Sway" by Lynn Yaeger, www.vogue.com. February 11, 2015.
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“Fashion should be a game.”
-- Mary QuantSource : 1966 Quant by Quant.
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“Snobbery has gone out of fashion, and in our shops you will find duchesses jostling with typists to buy the same dress.”
-- Mary QuantSource : Mary Quant (1966). “Quant”
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