Claire McCardell fashion sketches, 1931-1958.

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Claire McCardell fashion sketches, 1931-1958.

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Claire McCardell (1905-1958) graduated from the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (later, Parsons The New School for Design) in 1928 and went on to become a pivotal figure in the creation of American ready-to-wear clothing. McCardell received the Coty American Fashion Critics Award in 1944, and in the same year returned to Parsons as a critic and instructor, a position she held for the rest of her life. The Kellen Design Archives has approximately 9,000 of McCardell's working sketches, covering the years 1931-1958; the bulk were produced for Townley Frocks. The collection also includes sketches by Mildred Orrick and Arnold Scaasi (Arnold Isaacs) for Townley Frocks.

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Carnegie, Hattie

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McCardell, Claire, 1905-1958

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Claire McCardell was born 24 May, 1905 Frederick, MD. During her early adolescence she began making her own clothes. At 18 she enrolled in Hood College in Fredrick, MD. She left after to years to peruse fashion illustrations at New York School of Fine and Applied Art (Known today as Parsons School of Design) in NY. She lived at the Three Art Club, where she began buying old couture garments, take them apart, study their construction, alter and wear them herself. In 1927 she transfer...

Townley Frocks (Firm).

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Scaasi, Arnold 1931-

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Orrick, Mildred 1906-1994,

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