Erik Braagaard

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.

Model wearing a Braagaard hat, 1948, Ladies' Home Journal
10 West 56th Street in 2011 (Erik store on the ground floor by 1949)

Braagaard was born in Copenhagen on 24 August 1912, the son of Georg and Mary Braagaard.

By 1949, he had a showroom at 10 West 56th Street in New York City.[1]

Adolfo Sardiña (1933–2021) worked as a designer for Braagaard in the early 1950s, before joining Emme as head designer in 1953.[2] The fashion designer Mary Quant began her career as an apprentice milliner for Erik in London's Brook Street in 1955.[3]

His work is in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, including a c. 1941 hat made in New York City for Marie Cecile Wooster, the daughter of Baron Gustav Von Springer, who was married to Baron Eugene Fould.[4] The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds at least three hats, dating from 1938,[5] 1940[6] and 1950.[7]

Braagaard died in New York City on 25 May 2004.

References
  1. "Small Hats in Pot-Pourri of Color Form Display Recalling Cloche Era" (PDF). The New York Times. July 15, 1949. p. 22. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 105618236. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  2. "Adolfo". Vintage Fashion Guild. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  3. "Introducing Mary Quant". Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  4. "Hat ca. 1941 (made)". Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  5. "Hat Erik American ca. 1938". Met. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  6. "Hat Braagaard American 1940". Met. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  7. "Hat Braagaard American Textile by Flamand ca. 1950". Met. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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