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Claire McCardell

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Claire McCardell 1905-58, American fashion designer, b. Frederick, Md. She began her career as a model and assistant designer for Robert Turk in 1929. Her clothes were functional with clean lines and an American look. She is known for her wrap-around sashes, monastic dresses, harem pajamas, and large pockets with top stitching. She also designed bias-cut dartless clothes with an easy-to-wear relaxed look. Bibliography: See her What Shall I Wear (1955); J. Yohannan and N. Nolf, Claire McCardell: Redefining Modernism (1998) Author not available, MCCARDELL, CLAIRE. , The Columbia... Read more

Mccardell, Claire
McCARDELL, Claire American designer Born: Frederick...Carnegie, New York, 1938-40; designer, Claire McCardell for Townley Frocks, New York, 1940...1971; Three Women: Madeleine Vionnet, Claire McCardell and Rei Kawakubo, Fashion Institute... Read more

McCardell, Claire 1905-1958
MCCARDELL, CLAIRE 1905-1958 Creator of the "american look...of a banker and state senator, Claire McCardell as a small child cut out and dressed paper...copied the stilted Parisian fashions, McCardell decided to modify them to fit the ordinary... Read more

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	New life for McCardell. (Claire McCardell designs for women's sportswear)(Brief Article) ; NEW YORK -- The Claire McCardell label is making a comeback. McCardell, who died in 1958, was a legendary designer who is...but can't afford to spend a lot of money. Some of McCardell's best hits back in the Forties and Fifties, when... Read more
	CLAIRE MCCARDELL; A DISCOURSE ON DESIGNING FOR ONESELF.(Brief Article)(Interview) ; ...are her passion, the monastic dress her biggest success and Claire McCardell her name. Many of you must have met her during her many years...comment from the buyer to guide you in making clothes salable. Claire designs her collections for herself and says, with startling... Read more
	CAREFREE CLASSICS. ; ...standbys to mix with abandon Walking through the recent Claire McCardell show at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New...seen in the sketch at bottom left from the book Claire McCardell: Redefining Modernism by Kohle Yohannan and Nancy... Read more
	NO. 2 VERONA HANGS TOUGH THE WILDCATS RALLY TO WIN THE VERONA SHOWCASE AFTER LOSING JUNIOR FORWARD CRAIG JOHNSON TO INJURY.(SPORTS) ; ...victory over Eau Claire Memorial on Saturday...with every day, McCardell said. I think it...Skille beat Eau Claire Memorial goalie...it was time for McCardell and Spencer. After...for a 2-1 lead. McCardell added an empty-net...title. I think Eau Claire Memorial did a good... Read more
	Simply Fetching;Lauren Sara's Eye for the Classic and Clean ; ...natively American. One thinks of Claire McCardell, who as early as the 1930s recognized...makes the connection between McCardell and this 29-year-old designer...have picked up the thread of McCardell's tradition, but among the competitive... Read more
	Tough market victim. (In Group Ltd. closes)(Brief Article) ; ...the In label and was in the midst of launching a Claire McCardell line, has closed its doors. It was a combination...get worse. In Group was revving up to revive the Claire McCardell label, named after the designer who died in 1958... Read more
	A Style of Their Own: American Designers on Parade ; ...of American style, from Claire McCardell through Bonnie Cashin and...and a show dedicated to McCardell, the founder of American...exclusive, Steele sees McCardell as a natural follow-up...intriguing to think of McCardell's work in relation to Isabel...how to build on it. ''If Claire ... Read more
	THE STRAND SPRUCES UP WITH ART, FASHION. ; Byline: Rosemary Feitelberg NEW YORK -- The lives and times of Yves Saint Laurent, Claire McCardell, Rem Koolhaas and others who shaped the world of design are on display at the renovated Strand bookstore. Calvin Klein, Christo... Read more
	FRIENDS OF DONNA; A COLLECTION OF ANOTHER KIND -- DONNA AND SOME BUDDIES, AND A FEW THOUGHTS FROM HER PEERS. ; ...most important American woman fashion designer after Claire McCardell. Marc Jacobs: Black cashmere. Michael Kors: She is...to a tradition of American women designers such as Claire McCardell, who are alone able to marry sophistication and modernity... Read more
	THE SEVENTIES; THIS TIME, SEVENTH AVENUE'S FOCUS IS ON ITSELF. A REAL AMERICAN SCENE FINALLY EMERGES, ONE NOT BOWLED OVER BY THE BRITISH INVASION, SUFFOCATED BY PARIS DIKTATS OR IGNORED BY ITS OWN RETAILERS. LED BY THAT MOST DEMOCRATIC OF CATEGORIES, SPORTSWEAR, THE DECADE IS MINED ENDLESSLY BY TODAY'S DESIGNERS. ; ...with manufacturers and actually see their names appear on labels. Anne Klein, the heir apparent of Bonnie Cashin and Claire McCardell, starts her business in 1968. The concept? Separate pieces that can be mixed at will, rather than the matching-coat-and-d... Read more

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