An mga tagadesinyo na sina  Isaac Mizrahi, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Norma Kamali, asin Cynthia Rowley may impluwensiya ni McCardell.An koleksyon ni Anna Sui nin spring-summer 1999 inspirasyon kan saiyang gibo. Sinabi ni  Anna Sui, "What I truly appreciate was her fabric sensibility, even with more constructed fabrics like denim. She made them all look so soft and drapy. The halters she did were so modern. The thing is, you look at some of the things she did, and you can't believe it was the 40s.''