Discover the riveting hidden history of Claire McCardell, the most influential fashion designer you’ve never heard of. Join us for an evening with award-winning writer Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson. She will share how fashion innovator Claire McCardell popularized comfort and practicality in women’s fashion with zippers, pockets, and ballet flats. Dickinson examines how McCardell’s work reinvented American sportswear and set women free from the severe, hyper-feminized silhouette championed by male designers after World War II. Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson’s work has been…
