Dame Mary Quant exhibition to open in Glasgow
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museum in Glasgow will provide the ultimate likelihood to see an exhibition showcasing dressmaker Dame Mary Quant, typically credited with pioneering the mini skirt and super-high hemlines.
Opening on the Kelvingrove Museum on Saturday, the retrospective Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary contains greater than 100 clothes, equipment, cosmetics and pictures from the V&A Museum’s in depth assortment.
It would be the final cease of the touring exhibition earlier than the items are put again into storage.
Dame Mary died final month aged 93, forsaking a long-lasting legacy after she blazed a path in girls’s trend within the Sixties.
The exhibition focuses on the interval between 1955 and 1975 when Dame Mary revolutionised girls’s trend with subversive and playful designs for a youthful technology.
Dame Mary had a detailed relationship with Scotland, having visited on a number of events to take a look at totally different materials reminiscent of Harris Tweed and the Paisley sample – each of which featured broadly in her designs.
Visitors can count on highlights together with the “wet collection” of PVC rainwear that featured on an version of Vogue, a set of Daisy dolls created in Scotland by Lanarkshire-based Model Toys, and the gown Dame Mary wore when receiving her OBE in 1966.
Heather Tilbury Phillips, former director of Mary Quant Limited and an adviser to the V&A on the exhibition, stated: “I know how delighted Mary would have been that the exhibition is here at this wonderful venue in Glasgow.
“We very much enjoyed several highly successful and inspirational trips to Scotland together visiting fabric and knitwear producers and leading retailers.
“Harris Tweed, Paisley designs, plaids, definitive checks and tartans in Viyella often featured strongly in her collections, and the vibrant fashion shows and cosmetic launches were always such fun, stimulating many happy memories.”
Jenny Lister, co-curator of Mary Quant on the V&A, added: “I’m thrilled that we can present another chance to see the Mary Quant exhibition in Scotland and I’m so looking forward to seeing the iconic Mary Quant dresses on display in the amazing building at Kelvingrove.
“It will be the perfect way of celebrating Dame Mary’s magnificent contribution to fashion.”
The exhibition will run till October 22 and tickets value £8.50, concession £6.50, and is free for youngsters underneath 12.