Heather Tilbury Phillips: working with fashion icon Mary Quant - a podcast by RNZ

In the 1960s Mary Quant broke the mould of conventional fashion with her creative and playful designs that personified the energy of Swinging London. Famously credited for creating the mini skirt, Quant also popularised brightly coloured tights and tailored trousers - revolutionising the way women thought about dressing. A businesswoman as well as designer, Quant grew her brand so that it burst from her tiny boutique on King's Road, her clothing finding its way onto shelves of department stores across the UK, US, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Heather TilburyPhillips was a director of Mary Quant Limited in the 1970s, and an advisor for the V&A exhibition Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary which is showing at Auckland Art Gallery until March.

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