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Reviewed on June 1, 2018 | Ready-To-Wear and Ready-To-Read
This scholarly collection goes beyond the Claire McCardells and Bonnie Cashins of midcentury fashion history to spotlight some underappreciated and all-but-forgotten women designers of the period. "Design Innovators" includes Virginia Woods Bellamy, who dabbled in poetry and invented number knitting, as well as Sandra Garratt, whose modular clothing line turned heads in the 1970s and 1980s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More