biography
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| female
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| lived:
| (1905–58)
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| biography:
| Fashion designer, born in Frederick, Maryland, USA. She graduated from Parsons School of Design, and in a long career with Townley Frocks (1932–58) she revolutionized American fashion with her casual and comfortable women's clothes, achieving a popular name and recognition then rare for American fashion designers. Her innovations included separates, the wrap-and-tie ‘popover’ housedress (1942) and swimsuit (1943), the leotard, and a widespread use of wool jersey and cotton. |
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