Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson: Claire McCardell, the Designer Who Set Women Free - 2025 Wicker Lecture

Discover the riveting hidden history of Claire McCardell, the most influential fashion designer you’ve never heard of.

Join us for an evening with award-winning writer Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson. She will share how fashion innovator Claire McCardell popularized comfort and practicality in women’s fashion with zippers, pockets, ballet flats, and more. McCardell’s work reinvented American sportswear and set women free from the severe, hyper-feminized silhouette championed by male designers after World War II.

Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson’s work has been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Harper’s, The Washington Post Magazine, and many other publications. She has recently talked about McCardell at New York’s Jewish Museum, the Maryland Center for History and Culture, and The New York Historical. Her new book, "Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free," is getting rave reviews from all around.

Program in partnership with UNC Greensboro Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies

Free program but seats are limited. Click link to reserve your spot.

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