Alexander Plunket Greene
(1932-1990), Fashion entrepreneur; husband of Mary QuantSitter in 6 portraits
Fashion entrepreneur and husband of Mary Quant. Plunket Greene and his wife helped to revolutionise the British fashion scene in the 1960s. Together with their friend Archie McNair, Plunket Greene and Quant opened Bazaar in 1955, a fashion boutique on King's Road, Chelsea. They sold Quant's designs and devised eye-catching window displays. Bazaar was one of the first shops to cater for the young, selling affordable clothes made of simple shapes and vibrant colours. In 1963 Plunket Green and Quant launched the label Ginger Group a lower priced line for the mass market and later expanded their company to the United States.
Dame Mary Quant; Alexander Plunket Greene
by Robert Young, for Syndication International Ltd
bromide press print, 27 August 1963
NPG x198240
by Norman Parkinson
bromide fibre print on card mount, 18 October 1963
NPG x30111
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 4 October 1964
NPG x125762
by John Adriaan
digital gelatin silver print, 1 April 1966
NPG x133068
Dame Mary Quant; Alexander Plunket Greene
by Mayotte Magnus
colour print on card mount, June 1977
NPG x18653
by Jill Kennington
bromide fibre print, February 1987
NPG x77006
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