My key taste-makers

For our next brief for FCP creative networks, we were told to write a little bit out our 'key taste makers'; someone who influences us and the fashion industry. My first choice was easy; Andy Warhol, probably one of the most famous artist with his signature values of pop art. Warhol was a huge part of the art movement, pop art and bought colour, loudness and youth to the colour palette of the 70's. One of his famous works was the pop art screen print of Marilyn, which is instantly recognisable! He also influenced designer brand Versace, which in the 90's bought out a flamboyant, loud outfits.

My other inspiration was the fashion designer Mary Quant.

 She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth fashion movements. She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hot pants, and by promoting these and other fun fashions she encouraged young people to dress to please themselves and to treat fashion as a game. Quant later said "It was the girls on the King's Road who invented the mini. I was making easy, youthful, simple clothes, in which you could move, in which you could run and jump and we would make them the length the customer wanted. I wore them very short and the customers would say, 'Shorter, shorter.'" She gave the miniskirt its name, naming it after her favorite make of car, the mini.

Quant also was apart of the big sexual revolution as her designs made women feel they could rebel against their parents wishes. 'Free love' was introduced within the rise of youth culture which made the contraceptive pill very popular.