Mary Quant 1

http://blog.boden.co.uk/grown-up-style-icons-mary-quant/

Jean Muir 2

http://www.jeanmuir.info/pages/greatest.shtml

Valentino 3
http://tirellicostumi.com/en/collaboratore/valentino_157

Yves Saint Laurent 4

http://www.hungertv.com/feature/top-ten-yves-saint-laurent-fashion-
moments/

Emilio Pucci 5

http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/designers/emilio-pucci/
 Oscar de la Renta 6
http://www.weddingdressesilove.com/oscar-de-la-renta-wedding-
dresses.html

Anne Klein 7

http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/designers/anne-klein/

Bill Blass 8
http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/people/bill_blass.php

Geoffrey Beene 9
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-
bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11218896

Mary Quant 1
Born February 11, 1934 to Jack and Mary Quant
currently 81
Born in Blackheath, London, England, United Kingdom
Blackheath High School, and Goldsmiths College
Meet her husband at college and soon became business partners married Alexander
PlunkettGreene
Married in 1957 had one son named Orlando
Originator of the miniskirt
Manufactured her own clothes since late 1950s
Fashion was affordable and accessible to the young
Retail boutique called Bazaar in 1955 creating the “Chelsea look.
Mid 1960s created the micro mini
“Quant has claimed that she did not invent the miniskirt, but, rather, the girls who visited her
shops did, as they wanted them shorter and shorter. These skirts were also in development by
other designers, but Quant's is the name most associated with them. She even named the
garments after her favorite make of car: the Mini.”
Wrote “Quant by Quant.”
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Jean Muir 2

Born July 17, 1928 and died on May 28, 1995

“Champion of “The little black dress””
Taught herself how to sew in boarding school
Apprenticed as a designer at Jaeger Ltd. (1956-62) and Jane & Jane (1962-66)
Started her own label in 1967
http://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Elizabeth-Muir
Education at Bedfords Girls’ Modern School
Married Harry Leuckert in 1955
Client Judi Dench
http://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/jean-muir.html

Valentino 3
May 11, 1932 curently 83
Education École des Beaux-Arts and Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisenne
Full Name Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani
Founder of the Valentino SpA company
Born in Voghera, Italy
Started in Rome in 1959 and by mid 1960s was the world’s favorite designer of best dressed
women
Valentino red
Apprenticing for his aunt Rosa who was a designer
“Among Valentino's most prominent clients was Jacqueline Kennedy. Kennedy developed an
interest in the designer's work after admiring friends in several Valentino ensembles. In 1964,
Kennedy ordered six dresses in black and white, which she wore during the year following the
assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy. She would remain a friend and a client
from that point on, linking the Valentino name to her own iconic status in the fashion world.
Valentino also designed the dress that Kennedy wore when she wed Greek shipping magnate
Aristotle Onassis in 1968.”

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Yves Saint Laurent 4

Born August 1, 1936 in Oran, Algeria died June 1, 2008 Paris, France of brain cancer
Full name Yves Henri-Donat-Mathieu Saint Laurent
1966 launched his own fashion label
Famos for femal adaptiations of tuxdos
First designer to receive a solo exhibition in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1983
Parents are Charles and Lucienne Andrée Mathiew-Saint-Laurent and had two younger sisters
Was bullied in school
Started designing dresses for his mother and sister when he was a teenager
His mother got him an interview with Michael de Brunhoff the editor of French Vogue
Michael was impressed and Laurent moved to Paris and enrolled at Chambre Syndicale de la
Couture.
Studied under Christian Dior
Used blazers and smoking jackets and introduced attire like the pea coat on runway
Signature pieces were the sheer blouse and jumpsuit

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Emilio Pucci 5
Birth November 20, 1914 in Naples, Italy and died November 29, 1992
Emilio, Marchese di Barsento Pucci
Best known for tight shantung “Pucci pants” and vividly printed silk dresses and blouses
Designed Braniff flight attendants uniforms
Served in Italian Parliament (1963-72)
Strive for accuracy and fairness
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Oscar de la Renta 6

Born on July 22, 1932 in Santo Doming, Dominican Republic died October 20, 2014 in Kent
Connecticut
At 18 he left the Caribbean to study painting in Madrid
Dressed several presidential first ladies
Had six sisters
Studied painting at the Academy of San Fernando in Madrid. Wanted to be an abstract painter
Apprenticeship with Cristobal Balenciaga
Hired by Lanvin-Castillo while on vacation in Paris
Moved to New York to work in the design house of Elizabeth Arden
Began his own signature ready-to-wear label in 1965
Married Francoise de Langlade an editor-in-chief of French Vogue in 1967
Like was identified by delicate silk prints, ruffles, soft silhouettes, and vibrant palette
Casual luxury
Adopted a son from his native country after his wife died of bone cancer in 1983
Remarried Annette Engelhard Reed
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Anne Klein 7
Born as Hannah Golofski in 1923
Studied at Girl’s Commercial High School and New Youk’s Traphagen School of Design
Married Ben Klein 1948
Became the head designer of her husbands company Junior Sophisticates
Designed for smaller women as herself
First after Coco Chanel that adapted men’s styles into outfits for women
Launched a range of clothe known as separates
1960 Anne and Ben ended all associations with Ben but kept his name even though she
remarried
She established her eponymous company as co-owner and director
750 department stores and boutiques in America shelved her creations.

http://www.famousfashiondesigners.org/anne-klein
Bill Blass 8
Born June 22, 1922 in Fort Wayne, Indiana and died on June 12, 2002 in New Preston,
Connecticut
Full name William Ralph Blass
Worked for Anna Miller after serving in World War II
Licensed his name to things outside of fashion
Worked with both couture and ready-to-wear
His father killed himself when bill was 5 in the family parlor his grandfather also committed
suicide
While in his teens he sketched evening dresses
Moved to a YMCA in New York and later took a job as a sketch artist for a sportswear business
Served in the 603rd Camouflage Battalion creating decoys to foil enemy attacks
Worked for Anne Klein who thought he had no talent
Bill Blass made his own label while working for Maurice Rentner
“Bill Blass for Maurice Rentner”
He eventually bought out Maurice Rentner
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Geoffrey Beene 9
Born August 30, 1924 in Haynesville, Louisiana and died on September 28, 2004 in New York,
New York
Real Name Samuel Albert Bozeman, Jr
Studied in New York and Paris
Known for unconventional design
Won eight Coty awards
Opened his own company in 1962
High quality ready-to-wear clothing for men and women
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H1
John Kennedy Election 1960
One of the closest elections in American History
Kennedy was a new comer compared to Richard Nixon
Kennedy form Massachusetts
Was the youngest president ever at 43
First Roman Catholic ever elected
People that listened to the radio pick Nixon, but the people that watched the television picked
Kennedy.
Kennedy won by with 49.7% over Nixon’s 49.5%

http://www.ushistory.org/us/56a.asp

H2
Glenn Orbits the Earth 1962
February 20. 1962
Mission, “Send a man to orbit Earth, observe his reactions and return him home safely.”
The pilot was John Glenn and he became an national hero and as symbol of American ambition.
It took 4hours and 56 minutes to circle the globe three times
Went 17000 miles per hour
The mission concluded with a splash down and recovery in the Atlantic Ocean 800 mile
southeast of Bermuda
John Glenn was awarded the Space Congressional Medal of Honor by John Kennedy
There was a parade that was given in his honor in New York.
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/mercury_mission.html

H3
1964 Martin Luther King Jr. awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership of the Civil Rights
movement.
The award was accepted on December 10, 1994 in Oslo, Norway and gave the prize money to the
movement’s continued development
Was the second African American and the youngest man to receive the award.
http://crdl.usg.edu/events/mlk_nobel_prize/?Welcome\

1964 Public Law 88-352 or the Civil Rights bill

Forbade discrimination for sex and race for hiring, promoting, and firing

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/civil-rights-act/