#Latest news with #ElizabethEvittsDickinsonBloomberg13-05-2025LifestyleBloombergThe Designer Who Taught American Women How to DressPursuits Books A new biography of Claire McCardell tells the story of her pioneering quest to make women's clothing comfortable, stylish and modern. By Save The following is an excerpt from Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free to be published by Simon & Schuster on June 17. Author Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson describes how McCardell invented the idea of separates, rejecting the pomp of European couture and creating a cost-conscious and utilitarian form of dress that's nonetheless enduringly stylish—and distinctly American. 'Men are free of the clothes problem—why shouldn't I follow their example?'
Bloomberg13-05-2025LifestyleBloombergThe Designer Who Taught American Women How to DressPursuits Books A new biography of Claire McCardell tells the story of her pioneering quest to make women's clothing comfortable, stylish and modern. By Save The following is an excerpt from Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free to be published by Simon & Schuster on June 17. Author Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson describes how McCardell invented the idea of separates, rejecting the pomp of European couture and creating a cost-conscious and utilitarian form of dress that's nonetheless enduringly stylish—and distinctly American. 'Men are free of the clothes problem—why shouldn't I follow their example?'
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