c.1954 Claire McCardell Green & Pink Print Cotton Sun Dress w Belt designer-hardy-amies Item# S210

Item# S210

It is all hand finished and meticulously done

38" to the front hem

The upper portion of the skirt is solidly beaded with tubular glass beads done in rows that fan out in ever widening panels

The patches are a combination of glossed pale pink leather

c.1954 Claire McCardell Green & Pink Print Cotton Sun Dress w Belt designer-hardy-amies Item# S210Claire McCardell is remembered as a being a true pioneer of American fashion. She was one of the most influential women's sportswear designers of the twentieth century. She studied at Parsons and worked as a fit model before a series of small jobs in fashion. in 1929 McCardell landed a job as a design assistant to Robert Turk, an independent designer and dressmaker. It was he that took her along with him when he became the chief designer at Townley