Wealth & Money Quote by Mary Quant

Money, in Mary Quant's line, gets demoted from destiny to accessory - and that demotion is the whole trick. By pairing cash with blondness, she drags wealth out of the realm of moral seriousness and into the world of style choices, where value is real but not sacred. It is "more fun", she admits, which keeps the quote from pretending poverty is romantic. But "not vital" is a needle aimed at a culture that confuses comfort with necessity and status with survival.

The subtext is classic Quant: a refusal to let old hierarchies dictate what matters. As the designer who helped define Swinging London, she sold a new kind of freedom that looked like a miniskirt and felt like permission - to be young, mobile, and unserious on purpose. In that context, money becomes one more prop in the performance of modern identity, not a spiritual credential. Blondness is especially pointed: it can be bought, dyed, performed. So can "having money", at least in the way it functions socially, as an aesthetic signal of ease.

There's also a sly feminist edge. Blondness carries centuries of projection: the "fun" woman, the decorative woman, the underestimated woman. Quant flips that baggage into a tool, suggesting you can enjoy the perks of visibility without letting them define your worth. The line lands because it refuses both guilt and worship, treating wealth as a pleasant enhancement - not the plot.