CAREFREE CLASSICS.

From: House Beautiful | Date: March 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Pioneering style-makers have fashioned a wardrobe of casual standbys to mix with abandon

Walking through the recent Claire McCardell show at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, I was reminded that we owe the ease and comfort of clothes today to designers in the 1940s who rethought fashion to fit the lives of modem, active women. Using humble fabrics, experimenting with high-performance materials, and insisting on practicality, McCardell produced sleek jumpsuits, biking culottes, and invented a clever wrap-around denim dress she dubbed the "Pop-over," seen in the ...

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