The renewed interest within the work of Claire McCardell continues to be going strong, with the Museum at FIT gearing up for Wednesday’s opening of “Claire McCardell: Practicality, Liberation, Innovation.”
Many years have passed because the designer pioneered the American look, but her influence on American sportswear prevails. Zippers, pockets, ballet flats and wrap dresses were all a part of the designer’s arsenals of firsts. Tory Burch, whose spring-summer 2022 collection was inspired by McCardell, is a champion of her work. In some way, 65 years after her death in 1958 on the age of 52, the designer’s work is gaining more interest with recent generations of creatives.
Strong-willed and pragmatic, McCardell’s indelible mark — the understated (but not undone) casual American...
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