Rare c1961-63 Mary Quant Mod Green & Black Mini Dress designer-leonard-paris Super-size the photos to see

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Note that some of the threads are starting to age where some of the hand sewn draping is

Slightly inset shoulders: 14"

The sleeves are left loose and wide with no seams at the arms to break the lines of the print

I love that you can wear it is as loose and easy shift or you can create shape with the belt

Rare c1961-63 Mary Quant Mod Green & Black Mini Dress designer-leonard-paris Super-size the photos to seeMary Quant become famous for her mini dresses in the 1960s, with some even attribute her as inventing them, though she always maintained that she took the style from the girls on the street and popularized it. The second label in this dress from Olgilvy's and the color of the Quant label are both clues that this is an early Quant piece. It is interesting to note that Olgilvy's was noted as being the first shop in Canada to bring in the "Chelsea Street