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LONDON — Dame Mary Quant, accountable for liberating women’s fashion within the ‘50s and ‘60s along with her short hemlines and daring patterns, died Thursday at age 93. Amongst her many accomplishments, Quant is commonly credited with popularizing short skirts, dubbing them “mini,” and creating hotpants, a kind of short. Quant “died peacefully at home in Surrey, U.K., this morning,” her family said in an announcement to the PA news agency. Her family added that she “was probably the most internationally recognized fashion designers of the twentieth century and an excellent innovator of the Swinging ’60s.” Quant was born in 1934 in Blackheath, southeast London, studied art at Blackheath High School, and later attended Goldsmiths University, graduating in 1953.  Clothes designer Mary Quant, considered one...