It was all too much for Coco Chanel. As the sixties started to swing, the French fashion icon pronounced mini-skirts to be "just awful". She also famously declared that she had never met a man who ...

“Immoral! Disgusting!” So said those who were scandalised when Mary Quant’s mini skirts made their way onto the streets of London and beyond. The British fashion designer, who has died aged 93, was ...

Fashion designer Dame Mary Quant, who “democratised fashion and empowered women”, will be remembered for widely being credited with popularising the mini skirt. As one of the most influential figures ...