Elizabeth Hawes
Elizabeth Hawes (December 16, 1903 – September 6, 1971) was an American
clothing designer, outspoken critic of the
fashion industry, and champion of
ready to wear and people's right to have the clothes they desired, rather than the clothes dictated to be fashionable, an idea encapsulated in her book ''Fashion Is Spinach'', published in 1938. She was among the first American apparel designers to establish their reputations outside of Paris ''haute couture''. In addition to her work in the fashion industry as a sketcher, copyist, stylist, and journalist, and designer, she was an author, union organizer, champion of
gender equality, and political activist.
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