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    Claire McCardell (May 24, 1905 – March 22, 1958) was an American fashion designer of ready-to-wear clothing in the twentieth century. She is credited with...
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  • McCardell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Archie McCardell (1926–2008), American businessman Claire McCardell (1905–1958), American...
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  • Popover is a type of dress originally designed by Claire McCardell in 1942. The outfit type became the basis for a variety of wrap-around dresses. A versatile...
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    was presented in the United States after 1950 by fashion designer Claire McCardell. It was worn as a blouse or T-shirt. The first recognized bodysuit...
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  • Montreuil Claire Martin, British-born television weather presenter, now living in Canada Claire Martin (born 1967), British jazz singer Claire McCardell (1905–1958)...
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    principles of versatility, accessibility and affordability in the way that Claire McCardell or Emily Wilkens were. The "American Look", which is an alternative...
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    "Celebrating Claire McCardell". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-07-06. Yohannan, Kohle (1998-10-15). Claire Mccardell. Harry N. Abrams...
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  • Archie R. McCardell (August 29, 1926 – July 10, 2008) was an American business leader. He was best known for his tenure as chief executive officer, president...
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    "Maryland Women's Hall of Fame: Claire McCardell". Maryland State Archives, 2001. Retrieved 17 April 2013. "Claire McCardell: 'Popover' dress (C.I.45.71.2ab)"...
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    in all garments except lingerie, so standard that when US designer Claire McCardell wanted to remove them from her garments in 1940, her financiers feared...
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  • wispy materials" that have "a whiff of the carefree, simple spirit" of Claire McCardell. The Council of Fashion Designers of America honored Rowley with a...
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    Luce, raising the profile of the new style further. Fashion designer Claire McCardell and American Optical released their own version of the style in 1952...
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    activity out of a list of 94 activities. In 1935 American designer Claire McCardell cut out the side panels of a maillot-style bathing suit, the bikini's...
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  • personal shopper for Frost Brothers. Her wedding dress was designed by Claire McCardell and is part of the permanent fashion collection at the University of...
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  • delegates Sophie Kerr, 1898, journalist, novelist, and playwright Claire McCardell, 1927, fashion designer in the arena of ready-to-wear clothing in the...
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  • not apply to them. Due to a shortage of leather, fashion designer Claire McCardell commissioned the dance house Capezio to produce a range of ballet flats...
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  • designs for men and women. In 1944, Anne Klein joined Bonnie Cashin and Claire McCardell to form a female design trio who laid the foundations of American sportswear...
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    Maryland Claire McCardell (1905–1958), American fashion designer James E. McClellan (1926–2016), American veterinarian and politician John McElroy, S.J...
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  • Thompson. After she left the magazine, she wrote a book about designer Claire McCardell and contributed articles to the RAM Report, a monthly trade journal...
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    1944, began the production of original and imaginative sportswear. Claire McCardell, Anne Klein, and Cashin formed a remarkable trio of women who laid...
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    activity out of a list of 94 activities. In 1935, American designer Claire McCardell cut out the side panels of a maillot-style bathing suit, the bikini's...
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    Women of Distinction Award, 2004 "Caring Hands, Caring Hearts" Award, Ronald McDonald House Charities and Children Around the World, 2003 Inducted into USA...
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  • American Fashion. Berg Publishers. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-84520-073-2. McDowell, Colin (1984). McDowell's Directory of Twentieth Century Fashion. Frederick Muller...
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    field of sportswear/activewear. The first ASDAs of 1956, presented to Claire McCardell with a separate Designer of the Year award to Rudi Gernreich, were...
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    steadfastly refused to show his designs in Paris. Instead, he named Claire McCardell as his influence. Gernreich developed a reputation as an avant-garde...
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  • Maxwell Claire McCardell Jay McCarroll Shon McCarthy Becca McCharen-Tran Jessica McClintock Jack McCollough LisaRaye McCoy Reyn McCullough Bradon McDonald...
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    Maurer Enolia McMillan Pauli Murray Adele Hagner Stamp Mary Lemist Titcomb 1991 Rita R. Colwell Mary Elizabeth Lange Claire McCardell Bessie Moses Alta...
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    Wrap dresses were designed by Elsa Schiaparelli in the 1930s and by Claire McCardell in the 1940s, whose original 'popover' design, which was made out of...
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    Yerkes Observatory. She worked at Yerkes for six years, often traveling to the McDonald Observatory in Texas, which at the time was managed by the University...
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  • part of the American sportswear movement alongside Bonnie Cashin and Claire McCardell. Jeanne grew up in Pittsburgh, and studied at the Pittsburgh Art Institute...
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