Every time a woman puts her hands in her pockets, zips up the side of her pants, or belts the waist of her wrap dress, she owes a debt of gratitude to someone she has likely never heard of.

According to Sky Pollard, Head of Product at Nuuly, “the younger customer (under 30) is using it to dress ‘office appropriate ...

She just wrote a book titled "Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free." It's about the fashion designer who, in the 1930s and '40s, revolutionized the way we think about women's clothing ...

Claire McCardell’s name is often forgotten, but her legacy is evident in the landscape of modern American fashion. Pockets, ballet flats, wrap dresses, mix-and-match separates, easy-to-reach ...

McCardell also approached her collection tactically. So much so that she once deconstructed a Vionnet dress that she bought at a Paris sample sale in the 1920s to get a better understanding of how ...

She had never heard the designer’s name before, but their label read “Claire McCardell.” Model Lisa Fonssagrives wears Claire McCardell in 1952. Richard Rutledge - Getty Images ...

In her essay on Dickinson’s Claire McCardell, Turner writes that the designer “hated being uncomfortable,” and worked to design clothes that people could actually live in.

She just wrote a book titled "Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free." It's about the fashion designer who, in the 1930s and '40s, revolutionized the way we think about women's clothing ...

Model Lisa Fonssagrives wears Claire McCardell in 1952. Richard Rutledge - Getty Images “I didn’t realize that much of what hung in my closet and was folded in my drawers was, in large part, thanks to ...