Peachy
Dress
1962 (made)
1962 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Now one of the earliest works by Mary Quant in the V&A's collection, this shift illustrates how she broke with convention and made clothes specifically for young customers. Its donor identified the work ("my scarlet runner") as "a seminal dress at the beginning of a new and still, to me, exciting decade". Until the beginning of the 1960s youth quake, daughters had no alternative but to dress like their mothers. In tune with the times, Mary Quant offered them identities of their own with styles such as this vivid red shift with youthful appeal.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Peachy (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Wool tweed |
| Brief description | 'Peachy' pinafore dress, red wool tweed with centre-front pleat, designed by Mary Quant, London, 1962 |
| Physical description | Red sleeveless wool tweed dress with a round neck and a pleat at the centre front of the skirt. |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'MARY / QUANT / LONDON' (Woven label, black on yellow.) |
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| Credit line | Worn and given by Mrs Margaret Stewart |
| Object history | Image held in the Mary Quant Archive of Mary Quant wearing 'Peachy' dress design while unpacking her JC Penney collection at the British Embassy, Washington D.C., 27 September, 1962. This image was included in Mary Quant publication, 2019, p.111 Image courtesy Mary Quant Archive |
| Historical context | Owner Margaret Stewart identified this work as "my scarlet runner" and said that it was "a seminal dress at the beginning of a new and still, to me, exciting decade." |
| Summary | Now one of the earliest works by Mary Quant in the V&A's collection, this shift illustrates how she broke with convention and made clothes specifically for young customers. Its donor identified the work ("my scarlet runner") as "a seminal dress at the beginning of a new and still, to me, exciting decade". Until the beginning of the 1960s youth quake, daughters had no alternative but to dress like their mothers. In tune with the times, Mary Quant offered them identities of their own with styles such as this vivid red shift with youthful appeal. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.27-1997 |
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| Record created | September 2, 2003 |
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