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Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free

Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free

$20.00 at de Young Museum.

The riveting hidden history of Claire McCardell, the most influential fashion designer you’ve never heard of.Claire McCardell forever changed fashion—and most importantly, the lives of women. She shattered cultural norms around women’s clothes, and today much of what we wear traces back to her ingenious, rebellious mind. McCardell invented ballet flats and mix-and-match separates, and she introduced wrap dresses, hoodies, leggings, denim, and more into womenswear. She tossed out corsets in favor of a…