News about Vidal Sassoon

Dame Mary Quant (inset), who died at her Surrey home on April 13 this year, wanted to bring 'a dash of fun and color to people's lives.' At 3 p.m. today, The Chapel Royal Hampton Court Palace in Molesey held a memorial service for the queen of Swing Sixties fashion. Dame Mary's surviving companion, Jasper Conran, 63 (second to left), a friend of Dame Mary who described her as "one of the most influential British designers ever" following her death. Mr Conran, a designer who has worked on womenswear collections, looked stylish as he attended the memorial in white trousers, a dark suit jacket, a stripy top, and red neckerchief.

Dame Mary said that Vidal Sassoon's funeral at St Paul's Cathedral had been the 'perfect' service for music and readings, but she wanted something more low key. I'll be able to attend a small, private funeral at a church near my house in 2012, aged 82,'The clothing and make-up pioneer said in 2012.'I'll be fine with a small, private funeral.' I'd like my ashes to be dispersed in my garden.' She continued: "I don't like to think about dying because I'm having so much fun," she said, adding that her 'hate' was that "episces have to be celebrated." 'There seems to be a need these days to be jolly, but whatever happened to sadness? "I don't think there's anything wrong with a bit of wailing," she said. In November 2012, Dame Mary was interviewing journalist Rob McGibbon for his Daily Mail column, The Definite Article. Every week in Weekend magazine, the popular Q&A included the following questions: 'The order of service at your funeral...' and the final question was always:'The way you want to be remembered.' When asked about her own legacy, she responded with modesty: "I was the girl who created clothes and make-up that brought a touch of joy and color to people's lives."

Dame Mary, the British queen of Swing Sixties fashion who introduced miniskirts and hot pants to the world, changed the face of fashion forever, and was dubbed 'brilliant' and'revolutionary' by the models. The south-east London designer 'didn't have time to wait for women's lib', starting a fashion revolution to free young women of the 1950s and 1960s from being forced to dress like their mothers for another decade. Vidal Sassoon, a hairdresser, has boosted hemlines to new heights, spearheaded sack dresses, and turned women's trousers and tights into wardrobe staples, as well as popularizing the bob haircut pioneered by her friend, the hairdresser. Twiggy (right) posted a photograph of Dame Mary (left) as she expressed her dismay with the actor's death. Pattie Boyd, who was a signature model of the 1960s and was briefly married to Beatles guitarist George Harrison, said the designer was 'daringly creative.'

The south-east London designer vowed she didn't have time to wait for women's lib' so there's a fashion revolution to save young women of the 1950s and 1960s from being required to dress like their mothers for another decade. Dame Mary boosted hemlines to historic highs, pioneered sack dresses and turned women's pants and tights into wardrobe staples, as well as popularizing Vidal Sassoon's pioneering the bob haircut. Dame Mary's revolutionary designs included sleevesless shift dresses, skinny-rib sweaters, patterned tights, and jumpsuits. And it was Bazaar, Quant's little shop in the center of Bohemian King's Road that became London's 'Swinging Chelsea' and became the foundation of what would later be a global fashion empire. Quant's 'Chelsea Look', with short skirts at its forefront, went mainstream thanks in large part to Quant's relationship with Twiggy, Britain's first supermodel.

Dame Mary Quant, a luxury designer, died at the age of 93. On Monday, the family's statement that she "died peacefully at home in Surrey, UK this morning" was confirmed. Tributes have poured in for the fashion icon who was credited with popularizing the miniskirt in the 1960s. Quant's contribution to fashion is impossible." She embodied the liberation of 1960s fashion and served as a new role model for young women. The V&A Museum tweeted that fashion today owes so much to her trailblazing vision. Alexandra Shulman, a former British Vogue editor, wrote: "British Vogue editor" - "Mirror Dame Mary Quantum." A style icon but also a feminist entrepreneur, a visionary with a longer haircut."