This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Claire McCardell and the American sportswear movement
Claire McCardell, a Frederick native often called the most inventive American designer by Life, pioneered the women’s sportswear movement in the 1930s. Her practical, mix and match styles including jersey culottes, denim skirts, dirndl skirts, and diaper bathing suits shaped midcentury fashion and earned posthumous honors in Maryland’s Hall of Fame alongside Harriet Tubman and Clara Barton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Maryland
Life
Lisa Carreno
Maryland Commission For Women
Ms. McCardell
Harriet Tubman
Rachel Carson
Clara Barton
Sadie Miller
Verda Welcome
Claire
Eleanor
Adrian McCardell
Frederick County National Bank
Frederick High School
Hood College
New York
Hood
New York City
Parsons School of Design
Claire McCardell
Glamour
Mademoiselle
Vogue
Robert McCardell
Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame