Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson: CLAIRE MCCARDELL: THE DESIGNER WHO SET WOMEN...

Schedule

Fri Oct 10 2025 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm

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The Ivy Bookshop - Back Patio | Baltimore, MD

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A special night on the theme of "setting free," inspired by designer Claire McCardell-- the subject of Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson's new book
About this Event

You're invited to a special night on the theme of "setting free," inspired by designer Claire McCardell-- the subject of Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson's new biography CLAIRE MCCARDELL: THE DESIGNER WHO SET WOMEN FREE. Elizabeth Dickinson will speak on the Ivy patio in conversation with author and Ivy bookseller Elisabeth Dahl about this riveting hidden history. Filled with personal drama and industry secrets, this story reveals how Claire McCardell built an empire at a time when women rarely made the upper echelons of business. At its core, hers is a story about our right to choose how we dress--and our right to choose how we live.

Come dressed in a way that makes you feel "set free," a la McCardell--or in no special way at all, if that's what feels best to you! We'll have a special premixed McCardell-themed cocktail, and a regular happy hour-style bar with alcoholic and non-alcoholic options to round out the festivities. See you there!

Order CLAIRE MCCARDELL: THE DESIGNER WHO SET WOMEN FREE here

Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson is an award-winning journalist and author whose writing has been widely published in The New York Times, Harper’s, The New Yorker, The Southern Review, and The Washington Post Magazine, among many others. Dickinson’s work has earned recognition in anthologies such as The Best American Essays and been awarded Maryland’s prestigious Mary Sawyers Imboden Prize. She teaches writing at the Maryland Institute College of Art and lives in Baltimore with her husband and daughter and a highly opinionated corgi.

Elisabeth Dahl’s fiction and essays have been published by NPR, American Short Fiction, The Rumpus, Post Road, Necessary Fiction, and other outlets and journals. She’s also the author-illustrator of the middle-grade novel Genie Wishes (Abrams Books). A past recipient of a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award, Elisabeth lives in Baltimore, where she works at The Ivy Bookshop.

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The Ivy Bookshop - Back Patio, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, United States

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