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Claire McCardell was a well-known fashion designer who revolutionised women’s fashion in America. She was the cover subject of an article on the emergence of American fashion in the May 2, 1955, issue of Time magazine. Claire McCardell was motivated by American women’s active lifestyles and is most known for her contributions to the “American look.” Known for casual sportswear, shirtwaist dresses, and wool jersey sheaths, as well as useful leisure wear and swimwear. Education She spent two years in the middle of the 1920s at Hood College before graduating from the Parsons School of Design in 1928 with a ... Read More

The effect that French creator Christian Dior had on the design business is difficult to disregard at the point when he established his eponymous couture house in 1946. Monsieur Dior (born January 21, 1905, Granville, France—died October 24, 1957, Montecatini, Italy) introduced his very first assortment, acquainting ladies with nipped-in midsections and twirling full skirts that upset the ladylike outline of the post-war period. In a post-bellum world still under proportion, the outfit was tremendously surprising. Be that as it may, to an army of ladies used to square-shaped suits and dreary skirts, Dior's super female styles were an ecstatic ... Read More