Tuesday 20 February 2024: Julie discusses her love of vintage fashion and how to sew with fabrics on the bias.

Tuesday 13 February 2024: Julie Eilber talks about Claire McCardell and all the influences Claire had on American fashion in the early 1900s.

Julie is a fashion historian who re-creates 20th century designer looks.

Julie is very fascinating and has sewn since she was 8 years old. I first followed Julie on her blog Jet Set Sewing.

You can read some of Julie’s background on her blog. You can keep up to date with Julie through her Instagram account.

She also discusses her book about Claire McCardell.

‘I’m currently at work on a biography of legendary midcentury designer Claire McCardell, which will include functional sewing patterns of her designs. In 2017, my reconstruction work was featured on the Museum of Modern Art’s website, and I led several fashion history workshops for them.’

What Julie has done is recreate some of Claire’s works through a collaboration with Jenny Rushmore of Cashmerette.

More from Julie in her second podcast.

Here are two blog posts about Claire McCardell that refers to Claire’s designs that Julie talked about. Post 1. Post 2.