Episode 43: Creator of the Crush Cap, Milliner Lisa McFadden
Designer Lisa McFadden wearing her famous “Crush Cap.”
Lisa McFadden is a New York City designer with over 20 years of experience in the fashion industry. She was critiqued by French couturier Pierre Cardin who, upon seeing her student work, said she was a designer who 'knows her job'. Her headpieces entitled ‘Golden Child’ and ‘Bird of Paradise’ have been displayed with the group at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Mezzanine Gallery for the 2018 ‘Holiday’ and 2019 ‘Camp’ themed exhibits, respectively. She has collaborated with fashion icon Stephen Burrows’ for New York Fashion Week, and Byron Lars and Sheila Gray of In Earnest. Listen to her story.
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