The USA is a young country, but our fashion design is even younger. Like who are the titans of American fashion design? It’s Donna Karan, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren...these designers who are all still alive.

And if you want to look at where these titans of American fashion design got it all from, there was a great American fashion designer who many of them were looking towards. 

To see Claire McCardell's incredible modern fashions for yourself, head to articlesofinterest.substack.com

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