«Mary Quant: The miniskirt pioneer who defined 60s fashion». BBC News (på engelsk). 13. april 2023. Besøkt 14. april 2023. «British fashion designer Mary Quant, credited with designing the miniskirt that helped to define the Swinging '60s, has died aged 93. (---) Hems had been rising since the late 1950s - but it was Quant who popularised the style and put it out into the mass market.»
«The miniskirt myth». Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) (på engelsk). Besøkt 14. april 2023. «Mary Quant has often been credited with 'inventing' the miniskirt – the most era-defining look of the 1960s. In reality, the introduction of 'above the knee' skirts was a gradual process. Contemporary photographs and surviving dresses show that it took until 1966 for skirts to become really short. Quant herself has acknowledged how the trend for rising hemlines was influenced by an emerging London street style, and a wider cultural shift towards informality and the break-down of social codes.»
«Six revolutionary designs by Mary Quant». Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) (på engelsk). Besøkt 14. april 2023. «Writing in 2012, Quant recalled how she discovered the 'house-wear' market in the US around 1965 and decided to bring this new concept to Europe. She designed "a collection of jersey tops and hotpants in striped jersey-knit fabrics with matching bras, pants, socks, leg warmers and minis – all using knitted fabrics of various thicknesses and weights". The idea of special clothes for lounging in at home was quite a change in mindset for most of the British public – who only had the ubiquitous dressing gown until then»
