A brief conversation on Claire McCardell and her 1956 book, "What Shall I Wear", which has just been republished.
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I really identified with this statement:
Like Mary Quant, she had little use for effects that served only to decorate. When I find myself muttering, "Why are these buttons here if they don't button?", that's the McCardell muse.
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