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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.","physicalDescription":"Dress of glazed cotton, printed, blue ground and black and purple floral pattern. 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Its surreal window displays, on-site restaurant and jazz soundrtack attacted students, artists, musicians and celebrities from Londonand beyond. Other fashion boutiques followed, tranforming bohemian King's Road into an open-air catwalk of stylish shoppers. \r\n\r\nLondon\r\nGlazed cotton with startched petticoat\n\r\nGiven by Penelope Massot\r\nMuseum no. T.57-2018","date":{"text":"10/01/2024","earliest":"2024-01-10","latest":"2024-01-10"}},{"text":"[Mary Quant Exhibition, 2019]\r\n\r\nPARTY DRESS\r\n1958–59\r\nWorn by Penelope Massot\r\n\r\nChelsea resident Penelope Massot was friends with Quant and Plunket Greene. She recalls, ‘Mary was the same size as me, so her clothes always fitted’. The friends shared a love of music and Penelope wore this dress to a concert they attended by jazz-trio Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. ‘I can remember Alexander getting on his knees to worship Annie Ross’.\r\n\r\nGlazed cotton with heavily-starched cotton petticoat\r\nLabelled ‘Bazaar’ Made in London\r\nGiven by Penelope Massot\r\nV&A: T.57-2018","date":{"text":"30/02/2020","earliest":"2020-02-29","latest":"2020-02-29"}}],"partNumbers":["T.57-2018"],"accessionNumberNum":"57","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":2018,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-06-26","recordCreationDate":"2018-09-07","availableToBook":false}}