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Exhibition: Claire McCardell: Practicality, Liberation, Innovation — Closes

Name: Exhibition: Claire McCardell: Practicality, Liberation, Innovation — Closes
Start: 2023-04-16T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-04-16T23:59:59-04:00
Location: Gallery FIT, The Museum at FIT

April 16, 2023

Claire McCardell, Popover dress, rayon, brass hooks & eyes, c. 1947, Lord & Taylor, American, founded 1826, Gift from Hood College of Frederick, Maryland, 96.61.6 — Claire McCardell, Popover dress, rayon, brass hooks and eyes, c. 1947, Lord & Taylor, American, founded 1826, Gift from Hood College of Frederick, Maryland, 96.61.6

April 5–16, 2023
Gallery FIT, The Museum at FIT

This exhibition explores the work of Claire McCardell (1905-1958), one of the founders of American sportswear. Introducing key themes that are characteristic of McCardell’s designs, it features nine original dresses from The Museum at FIT’s Study Collection, mid-20th-century advertisement materials from Special Collections and College Archives, and her now classic book, What Shall I Wear? The What, Where, When, and How Much of Fashion, originally published in 1956.

Claire McCardell: Practicality, Liberation, Innovation was organized by Nico Frederick, Christina Pene, and Emma Sosebee, seniors in the Art History and Museum Professions undergraduate program (AHMP).

This exhibition is free and open to the public.

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Details

Date:: April 16, 2023
Event Categories:: Exhibition, Public
Event Tags:: Art History and Museum Professions, Claire McCardell

Venue

Gallery FIT, The Museum at FIT; Fashion Institute of Technology
New York City, NY 10001 United States
Phone:: 212 217.4558
Website:: fitnyc.edu/museum

Organizer

: Art History and Museum Professions
Website:: fitnyc.edu/art-history