Dress
c.1963 (made)
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Mary Quant is one of Britain’s most well-known and influential designers. She designed this day dress in around 1963. an interesting variation on Quant’s ‘Peachy’ design, another version of which is held in the V&A collection (T.27-1997). Exaggerated armholes indicate it was designed to be worn as a pinafore. This dress was worn by Annabel Mackay (née Taylor) a former employee of Mary Quant.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | wool |
| Brief description | Dress, pale pink wool, sleevelss, pinafore-style, designed by Mary Quant, England, c.1963 |
| Physical description | 'Shrimp' coloured wool day dress. Pinafore-style without sleeves and low arm-holes. Stitching down centre-front and deep pleat. |
| Gallery label | PINAFORE DRESS
1963–64
Worn by Annabel Mackay (née Taylor)
Annabel Taylor ‘enjoyed every minute’ working for Mary Quant, wearing samples like this pinafore in ‘shrimp’ tweed, a typical Quant fabric in both name and colour. Her experience was ‘an eyeopener’, sartorially and socially, ‘so different from Big Department Store behaviour’. Taylor ran the wholesale showroom, and chose designs to retail in Bazaar from other forward-thinking London designers such as Jean Muir, Gerald McCann and Roger Nelson.
Wool tweed (modern sweater)
Labelled ‘Mary Quant London’ Made in London
Given by Annabel Mackay
V&A: T.65- 2018(30/02/2020) |
| Credit line | Given by Annabel Mackay |
| Object history | Design similar to 'Peachy' - T.27-1997. |
| Summary | Mary Quant is one of Britain’s most well-known and influential designers. She designed this day dress in around 1963. an interesting variation on Quant’s ‘Peachy’ design, another version of which is held in the V&A collection (T.27-1997). Exaggerated armholes indicate it was designed to be worn as a pinafore. This dress was worn by Annabel Mackay (née Taylor) a former employee of Mary Quant. |
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| Accession number | T.65-2018 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2018 |
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