Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free - Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson StyleNumber_S71605

Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free - Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson StyleNumber_S71605Claire McCardell was a force in women's 20th century fashion (we have her to thank for corsets going out of style, introducing wrap dresses, the invention of the ballet flat just to name a few!) "Filled with personal drama and industry secrets, this story reveals how Claire McCardell built an empire at a time when women rarely made the upper echelons of business. At its core, hers is a story about our right to choose how we dressand our right to

plus photography from greats like Miguel Flores-Vianna and Tim Beddow

and almost certainly something they can use

green quartz

Each pair is garment-dyed

John Bambick

Always nice to have a solid-colored tie in the rotation

spur-of-the-moment ascot

If you’ve been to Paris

It smells incredible — like juniper

This shade of blue was dyed just for us

and because they can explain it better than we ever could

in perhaps the subtlest form of rebellion on the planet