Claire McCardell collection, 1920-1975.

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Claire McCardell collection, 1920-1975.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/773496503

The collection includes Claire McCardell's sketches and illustrations as a student, as well as sketches, newspaper and magazines clippings, correspondence, advertisements, invitations to fashion-related events and original photographs from her career as a fashion designer.

15.7 linear ft.

Fashion Institute of Technology Library, Gladys Marcus Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8192205

Fashion Institute of Technology Library, Gladys Marcus Library

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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...

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McCardell, Claire, 1908-1958

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