Designing clothes was a passion of the Hungarian-born American fashion designer, writer and textile artist Mariska Kárász (Budapest, 1898-Danbury, USA, 1960). She made colourful garments with varied patterns, which were primarily inspired by Hungarian folk art. She left Hungary in 1914, but her interest in fashion and talent attracted her to New York, not Paris. She learned to sew and embroider by herself. She visited Hungary several times after that: in 1925, 1926 and 1930.