Miss Mary Quant, OBE

Career: fashion designer; estab Mary Quant Gp of Cos 1955, Mary Quant cosmetics launched 1966, fndr Mary Quant Ltd (co-chm until 2000); non-exec dir House of Fraser plc 1997-; memb: Design Cncl 1971, Br and USA Bicentennial Liaison Ctee 1973, Advsy Cncl V&A 1976-78; winner: Maison Blanche Rex Award 1964, Sunday Times Int Award 1964, Piavola d'Oro Award 1966, Annual Design Medal Inst of Industrial Artists and Designers 1966, Hall of Fame Award Br Fashion Cncl 1990; sr fell RCA 1991, hon fell RSA 1993; hon fell Goldsmiths Coll London 1993; Hon BA Winchester Sch of Art 2000, Hon DUniv Wales 2001; FSIA 1967, RDI 1969, FRSA 1995

Books and Publications: Quant by Quant, Colour by Quant, Quant on Make-Up, Mary Quant Classic Make-Up & Beauty Book