Mary Quant, the London fashion designer credited with the invention of the mini skirt, once said, "A woman is as young as her knees." If Quant was right, and we can take a little license with her sentiment, an estimated 4.5 million Americans are enjoying

THE mod-mother of the swinging sixties, mary quant shook up british fashion with the invention of the mini. but her memoir isn’t all sex, drugs and rock‘n’roll “You’ve been Sassooned!”

Don't believe the old saw "If you can remember the Sixties, you weren't there". Mary Quant remembers everything and she was the Sixties, having single-handedly created the look – the miniskirts, the hotpants, the PVC macs, the skinny-ribbed sweaters – th

'I didn't see a fat person until my first trip to America in the Sixties. You have to work very hard at staying slim and it's a bore. But it's worth it.' Mary Quant speaks candidly to Lisa Armstrong. Mary Quant is not the kind of 78-year-old who thinks i

Fashion designer Mary Quant put the swing into the Sixties. Today, in the final instalment of our exclusive serialisation of her memoirs, she reveals the toll that fame took on her family life — and her sanity... One day, a new fabric appeared on the sce

Fashion designer Mary Quant put the swing into the Sixties. Today, in the final instalment of our exclusive serialisation of her memoirs, she reveals the toll that fame took on her family life — and her sanity... One day, a new fabric appeared on the sce