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The first one opened in 1955, on the King's Road in Chelsea, with the Knightsbridge 'Bazaar' opening a couple of years afterwards. In 1962, the window of the Knightsbridge shop was centred around this 'Tutti Frutti' suit. Previously considered conservative, grey flannel was enlivened with pie-crust frills and sharp cutting. This immediately prompted a trend for tailored frills, and fabric retailers were said to have run out of grey flannel. \r\n\r\nQuant's simple, easy-fit design was aimed towards active women like herself, who needed smart, comfortable work clothes. The cardigan-style jacket is trimmed with a piecrust frill and has no front fastening. The skirt has a kick pleat at the back and a zip at the hip. The white crepe blouse fastens with buttons at the back and has a bow at the neck.","physicalDescription":"Grey wool flannel skirt suit. Edge to edge jacket with piecrust frill around collar, front facings, and hem. 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The suit cost 24 guineas (about £528 today), while the blouse at 6 and a half guineas (about \r\n£143), cost almost a week’s wage for a Bazaar shop assistant. Jean Shrimpton modelled ‘Tutti Frutti’ for a Harper’s Bazaar fashion shoot in Oxford, aimed at the wealthier student market.\r\n\r\nWool flannel and silk\r\nLabelled ‘Mary Quant’\r\nMade in the Mary Quant sample workroom for the 1973 exhibition, Mary Quant’s London\r\nGiven by Mary Quant Ltd\r\nV&A: T.104 to B-1976","date":{"text":"30/02/2020","earliest":"2020-02-29","latest":"2020-02-29"}},{"text":"Window displays in Mary's Quant's boutiques were acknowledged to be wild and witty- the liveliest in London.  In 1962, the window at the knightsbridge Bazaar shop centred around this 'Tutti Frutti' suit and enormous photographic blow-ups of a model wearing the three-piece.  Mary Quant broke with tradition and gave grey flannel a fillip with this boxy jacket trimmed with pie-crust frills.  It had an immediate influence, prompting a trend for tailored frills and causing fabric retailers to run out of stocks of grey flannel.","date":{"text":"1997","earliest":"1997-01-01","latest":"1997-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["T.104A-1976","T.104-1976","T.104B-1976","T.104C-1976","T.104D-1976"],"accessionNumberNum":"104","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":1976,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Skirt","Jacket","Blouse","Shoe [1]","Shoe [2]"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"2003-09-16","availableToBook":true}}