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Along with her husband, Alexander Plunket Greene and business partner Archie   McNair, she opened her first boutique, Bazaar, on the King’s Road in 1955. She originally stocked clothes from wholesalers but soon became frustrated with   the options available and began designing her own clothes. In 1963 she set up the Ginger Group label. Through the Ginger Group she sold pieces at a lower   price point than at Bazaar, making her designs available to a wider market. In 1964 she went into business with the Nylon Hosiery Company to create a very   successful line of socks, stockings and tights and in 1965 started a collaboration with Alligator Rainwear Ltd.  She later expanded into cosmetics and   homeware, creating one of the first international lifestyle brands. In many parts of Europe, North America, Australia, and by the 1970s, Japan, almost anyone,   whatever their income, could spare the money to buy a pair of 'Mary Quant'  tights or a lipstick. This enabled girls who could not  otherwise afford her clothing to    feel in touch with fashion, and made Mary Quant a household name. \r\n\r\n\tElizabeth Gibbons became an early fan of Mary Quant's designs, reading about them in 'Life' magazine while living in Singapore with her young family. She first   visited the King's Road Bazaar on a brief trip home in 1960, later making purchases by mail order. She carefully kept most of her Mary Quant garments,   together with ephemeral receipts, illustrations and letters, which are now in the V&A collections. ","physicalDescription":"Ensemble consisting of a pinafore dress of grey wool tweed with striped cotton blouse, and spotted silk tie. The one-piece dress mimics the look of masculine business dress, with a waistcoat-like bodice closing with one button, the seam open at the front, for the tie to show through, and with a horizontal top-stitched seam across the back. Closing with a zip at the centre-back and lined with grey synthetic lining fabric. 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It is a key example of her playfully rebellious approach to established gender norms in fashion. It featured in one of the few Mary Quant advertisements, probably commissioned to promote the brand’s new wholesale venture, modelled by Celia Hammond.\r\n\r\nWool tweed, cotton and silk \r\nLabelled ‘Mary Quant London’ Made in London\r\nV&A: T.38:1 to 3-2013","date":{"text":"30/02/2020","earliest":"2020-02-29","latest":"2020-02-29"}}],"partNumbers":["T.38:1-2013","T.38:2-2013","T.38:3-2013"],"accessionNumberNum":"38","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":2013,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-09","recordCreationDate":"2013-03-18","availableToBook":true}}