Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Claire McCardell (1905-1958)
MSA SC 3520-13581

Sources:

Newspaper/magazine articles - (chronological order)

"The American Look."  Time Magazine, 2 May 1955, 85-90.

"Claire McCardell, Designer, Is Dead."  The New York Times, 23 March 1958.

"Funeral Rites This Morning: Claire McCardell, Noted Dress Designer, Dies in New York Hospital." The Frederick Post, 24 March 1958.

"McCardell Funeral Rites Held at Trinity Chapel." The Frederick Post, 25 March 1958.

Editorials. The Frederick Post, 25 March 1958.

Morris, Bernadine.  "Looking Back at McCardell: It's a Lot Like Looking at Today."  The New York Times, 24 May 1972.

Corey, Mary.  "Thoroughly Modern McCardell."  The Baltimore Sun, 4 October 1998.

"Claire McCardell and the American Look."  The Baltimore Sun, 7 August 1999.

For further reading -

McCardell, Claire.  What Shall I Wear?  The What, Where, When and How Much of Fashion.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956.  

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