1966
Designer: Mary Quant
Mary Quant’s mini-dresses for her ‘Ginger Group’ label epitomise the 1960s fashion revolution. This jersey shift dress is like a sweater grown to dress length, and a version was modelled by Twiggy in a Vogue ‘Young Idea’ fashion spread in April 1966. With the hem well above the knee it was ideally suited to her boyish figure.
The dress was donated as unsold stock from a smart boutique called ‘Merlyn’, in London’s East End, reputedly patronised by gangsters and their girlfriends.