Mary Quant illustrated by Sophie Escabasse Zoé Whitley’s art activity book

Zoé Whitley’s art activity book is a creative introduction to the works of Sophie Taeuber-Arp

and deep behind the Iron Curtain

The “New Look” symbolized a new femininity

but with each numeral’s physicality—angles

commissioned a remarkable series of textiles from leading British artists

Mary Quant illustrated by Sophie Escabasse Zoé Whitley’s art activity bookMary Quant (b. 1934) was an icon of her generation and the personification of 1960s swinging London. This book, published to accompany a landmark exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, declares that she revolutionized and democratized fashion, creating fashion for everyone. It explores her then subversive approach, setting her contribution in the context of British, European, and American fashion in the 1950s and 60s. It surveys Quants