Erik Braagaard
Illustration — Model wearing a Braagaard hat, 1948, Ladies' Home Journal • Illustration — 10 West 56th Street in 2011 (Erik store on the ground floor by 1949) Karl Erik Braagaard (24 Aug 1912 – 25 May 2004) was a Danish-born American milliner, who had Erik stores in Paris, New York and London from the 1930s to 1950s. Adolfo Sardiña (1933–2021) worked as a designer for Braagaard in the early 1950s, before joining Emme as head designer in 1953. The fashion designer Mary Quant began her career as an apprentice milliner for Erik in London's Brook Street in 1955.
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Erik Braagaard
Photograph by Wilhela Cushman · Ladies' Home Journal, 1948 · Public domain
- Born
- 1912
- Died
- 2004
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- designer
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Illustration — Model wearing a Braagaard hat, 1948, Ladies' Home Journal • Illustration — 10 West 56th Street in 2011 (Erik store on the ground floor by 1949) Karl Erik Braagaard (24 Aug 1912 – 25 May 2004) was a Danish-born American milliner, who had Erik stores in Paris, New York and London from the 1930s to 1950s. Adolfo Sardiña (1933–2021) worked as a designer for Braagaard in the early 1950s, before joining Emme as head designer in 1953. The fashion designer Mary Quant began her career as an apprentice milliner for Erik in London's Brook Street in 1955.
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Born in 1912, died in 2004.
Erik Braagaard (1912–2004) was a designer.
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- 1.Small Hats in Pot-Pourri of Color Form Display Recalling Cloche Era. The New York Times. 22. July 15, 1949. 0362-4331.
- 2.Adolfo. Vintage Fashion Guild. 1 July 2010.
- 3.Introducing Mary Quant. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
- 4.Hat ca. 1941 (made). Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
- 5.Hat Erik American ca. 1938. Met.
- 6.Hat Braagaard American 1940. Met.
- 7.Hat Braagaard American Textile by Flamand ca. 1950. Met.
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