Mary Quant's Influence on the Fashion Industry

Mary Quant was known for her many fashion revolutionary looks in the 1960’s. She is known for her short skirts, tights, a jersey dress and even trousers. She set a path for women to be able to wear more than just long droopy skirts. What I would like to talk about is the revolutionary design for trousers.
Trousers were seen as a masculine garment in many cultures. There were even rules for women to not be able to cross dress. Mary Quant opened a store in 1955 that featured trouser, female students and females of the outskirts of fashion were some of the people who were buying them. Although most women wore them in private, Mary Quant was determined to test the already made gender established norms by creating trousers to be worn for almost anything. Trousers were an easy alternative for women who didn’t want to wear shorter skirts. Some of the trousers she made then still have an impact on the fashion industry today. Bell bottoms, wide legged pants, flared trousers, and even pants being made of wool.

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