Day: August 24, 2026

Over the years, women rarely mothballed her clothes; they wore them to threads.

Claire McCardell was born into a world of corsets and bustles and eschewed them to become the single most important designer for American women whose name you never heard of before you read this book. Talk about the erasure of the genius who gave us pockets, separates, jeans, ballet flats, and the ability to carry…

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