Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free

"Every woman has something in her wardrobe she can thank fashion designer Claire McCardell for – a dress with pockets, a pair of ballet flats, a hoodie. This fascinating biography brings McCardell to life – her early days as a sporty small-town girl, her audacious move to New York City in 1925 and her time in the fashion world. After years of working in the Seventh Avenue trenches, copying French designers or creating others’ visions, McCardell was finally able to design the clothes she wanted to wear as a modern, active, working woman – and in the process she revolutionized the American fashion industry and women’s wardrobes."