Background American fashion designer Born in May 24 1905 Died on March 22 1958 Oldest of four children born to Eleanor and Adrian McCardell She married to Irving D Harris who was taxes born architect and he also had two children from an early marriage She is credited with the creation of American Sportswear McCardell Claire s life period was difficult and her work were cut short by a diagnosis of colon cancer in 1957 Education Graduated from Parson and she get certificate in the year 1923 in designs of costume In the year between 1923 25 She joined Hood College Maryland After 2 years of study she moved to New York and enrolled in Parsons at New York School of Fine Applied Art She attended Parsons School of Design New York and Paris Between 1926 29 Work Experiences and designs After graduating she start working at a fashionable dress shops as an odd sketching work flower paintings on paper lamp shades She acting as a fit model for B Altman before meeting Robert Turk In 1930 she began working as an assistant designer for Robert Turk Robert Turk bought McCardell Claire with him when he was moving to larger company Townley Frocks During the 1930s the innovation shows like spaghetti string ties sashes were began as well as menswear details would became a part of her signature In the year of 1938 McCardell Claire introduced a bias cut tent like dress which was called as Monastic Dress
