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March 30, 2011

MINI WEEK: 3 MARY QUANT MINI SKIRTS & COOPERS

Mini Week continues with an interview with Mary Quant. Her mini skirt design, once the focus of controversy, was celebrated as a royal stamp in 1999. Ten other classic British design icons were chosen for the set, including the spitfire airplane, the red phone box, the routemaster "double-decker" bus, and the Mini Cooper designed by Sir Alec Issigonis.