Dress
1959
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This dress was designed by Mary Quant for Bazaar. An interesting example of Quant’s early the work, this dress relies on heavily starched petticoats to create its silhouette, a characteristic in direct contrast with her later unstructured designs. This dress was worn by Penelope Massot to a concert at the Royal Festival Hall in the company of Quant and her husband Alexander.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glazed cotton (dress), starched cotton (attatched petticoat) |
| Brief description | Dress, blue, printed cotton, designed by Mary Quant for Bazaar, England, c.1959 |
| Physical description | Dress of glazed cotton, printed, blue ground and black and purple floral pattern. Full skirt with heavily starched petticoat. Skirt has been altered so it is shorter than originally designed. |
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| Credit line | Worn and given by Penelope Massot |
| Object history | This dress was bought from Mary Quant's shop Bazaar, on the King's Road c.1959. This object was acquired as part of the V&A's #WeWantQuant campaign. This was a public call-out for objects designed by Mary Quant. This was run as part of the preparation for an exhibition on Mary Quant 2019/2020 |
| Summary | This dress was designed by Mary Quant for Bazaar. An interesting example of Quant’s early the work, this dress relies on heavily starched petticoats to create its silhouette, a characteristic in direct contrast with her later unstructured designs. This dress was worn by Penelope Massot to a concert at the Royal Festival Hall in the company of Quant and her husband Alexander. |
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| Accession number | T.57-2018 |
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| Record created | September 7, 2018 |
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