Name/Title
Claire McCardell : redefining modernismEntry/Object ID
TT505.M33.Y6 1998Description
"An independent, pioneering, resolutely American attitude toward the world and, specifically toward fashion, formed the sturdy design backbone of Claire McCardell (1905-1958). Today we credit McCardell as having created an American style of casual dress in the twentieth century that was without precedent. But at a time when every American designer of note was sent to Paris to copy the latest styles, McCardell shrugged off the Paris couture industry, refusing, after 1940, to visit the collections or even to look at Paris design for fear it might influence her. In Claire McCardell: Redefining Modernism, coauthors Kohle Yohannan and Nancy Nolf have told a story that is as much biography as it is fashion history. The 103 photos include many of the designer wearing her clothes, for McCardell was her own muse and fit model." -- BOOK JACKETAcquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Kristen Huntley EstateNotes
Gift of Kristen Huntley Estate, March 2023.Lexicon
Search Terms
costume--united states--history, fashion design--united states--history--20th century, fashion designers--united states, women fashion designers--united statesBook Details
Author
Kohle YohannanPublisher
Harry N. AbramsDate Published
1998ISBN
0810943751, 9780810943759, 0810927640, 9780810927643LCCN
98003123Notes
Length: 151General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
McCardell's American Look / Valerie Steele -- Small Town Girl -- Townley Frocks -- Claire McCardell Clothes -- The American Look -- McCardell and the Media -- Epilogue: Claire-voyant.