News and Information

Videos and Slideshows

• Follow the Claire McCardell Sculpture Progress

• Visit a Virtual Art Exhibit and Meet Ten Artists "Inspired by Claire"

• View the Claire McCardell Project Video 

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​Press Releases

• Book Illustrator and Claire McCardell Project Steering Committee Celebrate Publication on McCardell’s 116th Birthday 5.24.21

• Maryland Artist and New York Author Collaborate on Books Celebrating Fashion Designer Claire McCardell 4.5.21

• Claire McCardell Project Achieves Fundraising Goal 9.10.21

• Virtual Art Exhibit “Inspired by Claire” 9.24.20

• Funding Goal Achieved; Garden is Next Phase 9.13.20

• Delaplaine Foundation Awards Grant to Project 2.20.20

• Project Achieves Ausherman Family Foundation’s Matching Grant Requirements 1.3.20

• Ausherman Family Foundation Awards Grant 10.17.19

• Women Wild For Claire Event 10.10.19

• Statue Proposal Gets Nod from Mayor 10.4.10

• Frederick MD Parks and Recreation Commission Recommends Art Club’s Statue Proposal 9.10.19

• Frederick City Public Art Commission Recommends Frederick Art Club’s Statue Project 8.13.19​​​

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Project in the Media

• Threads Magazine - May 2021 - Claire McCardell, Iconic Designer, to be Memorialized in Bronze

• Threads Magazine - May 2021 - Two Books Honor Innovative American Designer Claire McCardell

• Frederick Magazine - May 2021 - Claire McCardell Featured in Two New Books

• Baltimore Sun - April 2021 - Claire McCardell Statue Will Honor Groundbreaking Frederick-Born Designer

• WWD: American Sportswear Pioneer Claire Mccardell To Be Celebrated In Children's Book, Coloring Book And Bronze Statue

• Frederick News Post 1.9.2020 Project Meets Ausherman Foundation's Match

• Designing Women - Breaking ‘Bronze Ceiling’ 2.12.20

• WDVM TV Interview: The Claire McCardell Project  

• Frederick News Post 10.5.19 Statue Nears Final approval

• Frederick News Post Endorses Claire Statue 8.6.2019

• A Statue With Style! Frederick News Post 8.7.2019

• WWD Claire McCardell Tribute Planned 9.18.2019

Claire in History & the Media

• Frederick News Post: Statue to be Unveiled 8.6.21.

• Frederick News Post:  Picture book honors Frederick-born designer Claire McCardell, who shaped modern American fashion 5.22.21. 

• Frederick News Post: Claire McCardell Statue Progress Report 5.2.21.

• Frederick News Post 8.25.20 Influential women in Frederick County History

• The Museum at FIT

• Wikipedia: Claire McCardell

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Claire Collection

• Maryland Historical Society Claire McCardell Collection

• Claire and the Ballet Flat  - Interview with fashion historian Julie Eilber

• A Dress for Everyone Washington Post Magazine

• Fashion Revolutionary: Claire McCardell

• The New School: Parsons Profiles Claire McCardell

• Frederick’s Fashion “Claire-voyant"

• LoveToKnow Fashion History: Claire McCardell

• Encyclopedia of Fashion: Claire McCardell

• Women Determined to Succeed

• The Gal Who Defied Dior

• Overdressed for Life: Quote by Claire McCardell

• Claire and Rudi - 06.04.1956

• Remembering Claire: The New York Times

• Frederick News Post From Frederick to Icon 6.10.11

• Claire McCardell and the American Look

• Celebrating Claire McCardell

• Thoroughly Modern McCardell Designer

• In Print and Out of the Box 10-2019