Rare c1961-63 Mary Quant Mod Green & Black Mini Dress designer-leonard-paris The jacket is hand down

The jacket is hand down the best embroidered piece I have had in the shop to date

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

Slightly inset shoulders: 14"

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Rare c1961-63 Mary Quant Mod Green & Black Mini Dress designer-leonard-paris The jacket is hand downMary 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