Dress
1960 (made)
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Grey pinafore dress designed by Mary Quant for Bazaar. This design marked a particularly important point in Quant’s career as it was featured in the first Vogue spread of her work in January 1960. It was purchased at Bazaar on the King’s Road. The donor remembers Bazaar as ‘by far the most stylish shop in London’.
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | worsted wool |
| Brief description | dress, grey wool with belt, designed by Mary Quant, England, 1960 |
| Physical description | Pinafore dress, grey striped worsted wool with patch pockets and a belt at hip-level. |
| Gallery label | [Mary Quant Exhibition, 2019]
‘ALEXANDER STRIPE’ DRESS
1960
Worn by Carola Zogolovitch
Carola Zogolovitch was 18 when her parents bought her this pinafore dress as a present. She recalls the King’s Road Bazaar was, ‘by far the most stylish shop in London. The Road at this time was the hangoutfor a rather louche circle of late-teenage and early-20s people. Quite a few were Trustafarians with no need to work, some were escaping their roots, re-inventing themselves by changing their names and becoming movers and shakers within the social group known as the Chelsea Set’.
Wool twill ‘Alexander Stripe’
Labelled ‘Bazaar’
Made in London
Given by Carola Zogolovitch
V&A: T.71-2018(30/02/2020) |
| Credit line | Given by Carola Zogolovitch |
| Object history | This design is featured in Vogue, May 1960. This is the first mention on Mary Quant in Vogue. In the shoot the dress is worn over a black roll-neck sweater The article mentions the design is available at Bazaar (King's Road or Knightbridge store). The design costs 16 1/2 gns in worsted wool or 12 gns in flannel. |
| Summary | Grey pinafore dress designed by Mary Quant for Bazaar. This design marked a particularly important point in Quant’s career as it was featured in the first Vogue spread of her work in January 1960. It was purchased at Bazaar on the King’s Road. The donor remembers Bazaar as ‘by far the most stylish shop in London’. |
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| Accession number | T.71-2018 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2018 |
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