# @mdhistory on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CTzlHwOLvh3
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19780593-mdhistory-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-09-14T14:47:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Maryland Center for History and Culture (MCHC) (@mdhistory) — https://gondola.cc/mdhistory

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We are pleased to announce a partnership with designer Tory Burch who has drawn inspiration from the Claire McCardell collection in our Fashion Archives, as well as McCardell's personal and professional correspondence in our research library. In a statement released this past weekend at New York Fashion Week, Tory Burch said:
 
“Our Spring/Summer 2022 collection is inspired by Claire McCardell’s ingenuity and her legacy of American sportswear which revolutionized the way women dress. She discarded the rules of what women should wear, instead problem-solving for the reality of their lives. Her designs instilled a sense of freedom, encouraged self-expression and empowered women with a casual elegance that is as relevant today as it was in the late 1940s."
 
Also, to support the preservation of Claire McCardell's legacy, we have partnered with Tory Burch to establish the Tory Burch Claire McCardell Fashion Fellowship at MCHC, with more news coming in spring 2022 about the fellowship.
 
“Tory and Claire view fashion as both empowering and fun as represented through their timeless, beautiful and wearable collections,” says Allison Tolman, VP of Collections & Interpretation at MCHC.
 
Click on "Explore Digital Collections" in our bio to view select digitized images of the McCardell collection, and visit mdhistory.org/online-resources to explore McCardell material in the research library.
 
See selections from Tory Burch's Spring/Summer 2022 collection: vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2022-ready-to-wear/tory-burch/slideshow/collection

Images 1 & 3 courtesy of Tory Burch.

Image 2: Red and black plaid wool dress, designed and worn by Claire McCardell, 1948. Maryland Center for History and Culture, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Adrian McCardell, 1977.68.5

Image 4: Green crepe halter dress, Claire McCardell by Townley, c. 1950. Maryland Center for History and Culture, Gift of Mrs. Francis J. Conley, 2001.53.2

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