Ensemble designed by Mary Quant for Ginger Group in about 1967. Frances Arter purchased this ensemble in London. It became one of her staple work outfits, worn with a blouse or roll-necked jumper. The use of wool suiting material, as well as a waistcoat, both traditionally associated with menswear, demonstrate Quant’s playful subversion of gender stereotypes through fashion. Variations of this design can be found in fashion photography, including a version in which shorts rather than a skirt are worn. The same design, in tweed, featured in Vogue, March 1967, worn by the model Twiggy.