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Fashion designer Mary Quant died on Thursday at age 93. What piece of clothing is she credited with creating? The bikini Bell bottoms The miniskirt The brassiere ******** Answer: Mary Quant, the British fashion designer who invented the miniskirt, died on Thursday at the age of 93. On September 1, 1965, at a fashion event in New York City billed as "Youthquake," Quant unveiled that itty bitty scrap of clothing that would become the miniskirt. Her creation of the miniskirt would become one of the defining fashions of the decade. Quant named the miniskirt after her favorite make of car, the Mini. Synonymous with the Swinging Sixties in London, Quant is also credited with introducing hot pants to the fashion scene in the late 1960s.