Clare Potter | |
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| Born | Clare Meyer July 7, 1903 Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Died | January 5, 1999 (aged 95) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Art Students League of New York and Pratt Institute of Design |
| Awards | 1937 Lord and Taylor Women's Sportswear Award, 1939 Neiman Marcus Fashion Award, 1946 Coty Award |
Clare Potter was a fashion designer who was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1903.[dates 1] In the 1930s she was one of the first American fashion designers to be promoted as an individual design talent.[4] Working under her elided name Clarepotter, she has been credited as one of the inventors of American sportswear.[3] Based in Manhattan, she continued designing through the 1940s and 1950s. Her clothes were renowned for being elegant, but easy-to-wear and relaxed, and for their distinctive use of colour.[4] She founded a ready-to-wear fashion company in Manhattan named Timbertop in 1948, and in the 1960s she also established a wholesale company to manufacture fashions. Potter was one of the 17 women gathered together by Edna Woolman Chase, editor-in-chief of Vogue to form the Fashion Group International, Inc., in 1928.[5]
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- ^ a b Schiro, Anne-Marie, Clare Potter, Who Set Trends In Women's Clothes, Dies at 95 The New York Times, January 11, 1999
- ^ a b Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Harvard University Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0-674-01488-6.
- ^ History of the Fashion Group International
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