Singer, actor and staunch civil rights activist Harry Belafonte as died aged 96, it's been announced.
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told multiple outlets that she died at her home in Surrey, England, on Thursday. She was 93.Quant and her eventual husband, Alexander Plunket Greene, who died in 1990, opened their London boutique, Bazaar, in 1955.
Around the same time, Quant began shortening the hemlines on the skirts she sold at her customers' request.While there's some debate about who was the first to shorten skirts — some credit French designer André Courrèges with doing so — most agree that it was Quant who popularized the item. Quant, who was known for her chic bob haircut, coined the term «miniskirt» as a nod to her favorite car, the Mini, reports.In addition to the miniskirt, Quant is thought to have invented hot pants, the skinny-rib sweater and waterproof mascara, according to .Eventually, Quant began selling her clothes in America and had a line at J.C.
Penny. She went on to launch a cosmetics line, and also sold housewares, stationary, paint and more.
Quant was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire 1966 and was made a dame in 2015.«It's impossible to overstate Quant's contribution to fashion,» The Victoria and Albert Museum wrote on Twitter. «She represented the joyful freedom of 1960s fashion, and provided a new role model for young women.
Singer, actor and staunch civil rights activist Harry Belafonte as died aged 96, it's been announced.
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Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor It took the combined talent of composers Kris Bowers and Michael Abels to help filmmaker Stephen Williams ensure Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges’ music lives on after his life story was erased from the history books. Williams’ new film, “Chevalier” tells the story of the illegitimate son of a plantation owner and slave. Played by Kelvin Harrison Jr., Chevalier is a promising young Black musician who excels at fencing, playing the violin and wooing the court of Marie Antoinette. In dividing their tasks, Abels wrote the music for the on-camera performances while Bowers composed the film’s score.
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Fashion designer Dame Mary Quant, who was widely credited with popularising the mini skirt, has died at the age of 93, her family said, and tributes to the fashion icon have poured in.The British fashion designer died peacefully at her home in Surrey on Thursday morning, a statement from her family to the PA news agency said. "Dame Mary Quant died peacefully at home in Surrey, UK, this morning," the statement read.
they called her “one of the most internationally [recognized] fashion designers of the 20th Century and an outstanding innovator.”Tributes from around the world poured in to remember Quant. English Model Twiggy Lawson, who became a style icon during the era, paid her respects to Quart on Instagram.A post shared by Twiggy (@twiggylawson)“Mary Quant was such an influence on young girls in the late 50s early 60s,” Lawson wrote.
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Dame Mary Quant, the iconic British fashion designer who is credited with designing the miniskirt and hotpants, has died aged 93.
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in recent years. Now, the model has added another rare piece of fashion history to her archives: namely, a baby-blue slip dress from Stella McCartney’s tenure at Chloé. Sourced via , Jenner’s lace-trimmed halter neck dress is from Chloé’s spring/summer 1998 show and was originally worn on the runway by none other than .
Ahead of the upcoming Coronation of King Charles III on 6th May, all eyes are on the Royal family. From Queen Camilla who will be breaking tradition by asking her grandchildren to hold the canopy over her as she is anointed with holy oil to Prince George’s key Pages of Honour role, The Princess of Wales has also been the centre of attention recently, most notably after Royal Expert Tessa Dunlop compared her to Queen Mary.
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confirmed the designer’s death on Twitter along with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. “Norman was a cherished husband, father, father-in-law, granddad and great grandad,” read a statement obtained by BBC. “He died peacefully with his wife Ann and three daughters by his side.”Reynolds worked as art director on “Star Wars: A New Hope” in 1977, winning an Oscar for it in 1978.