Fashion unpicked: The Wet Collection by Mary Quant

Join Cocurator of the Mary Quant exhibition, Stephanie Wood, as she explores Quant s trailblazing PVC rainwear collection, launched in 1963. Quant s innovative experiments with this futuristic plasticcoated cotton were worn by celebrities like Cynthia Lennon, and graced the cover of Vogue magazine. Find out why Quant was bewitched with this super shiny manmade stuff and its shrieking colours, and what makes the Christopher Robin rain smock in our collection one of the rarest examples. Find out more: