The Great American Designer
Articles of Interest

The Great American Designer

Feb 27, 2026 · 41 min

About this episode

<p>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 <em>alive</em>.</p><p>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. </p><p>To see Claire McCardell's incredible modern fashions for yourself, head to <a href="https://articlesofinterest.substack.com/"><strong>articlesofinterest.substack.com</strong></a></p> Learn about your ad choices: <a href="https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices">dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices</a>