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The Traphagen Collection
Traphagen, who founded her eponymous fashion school in 1923, with creating a parallel path for American fashion to thrive concurrently with — and independently from — Parisian couture.
Ethel Traphagen (1882-1963)
Designer, teacher, illustrator, writer, lecturer. Founder of Traphagen School of Fashion.
Articles about Ethel Traphagen and The Traphagen School of Fashion.
Ethel Traphagen: American Fashion Pioneer
Visiting The Traphagen School at the Museum at FIT
The Traphagen School: Fostering American Fashion
Update and Status of The Traphagen Collection being presented at Scott Daniel's.
The collection has been transported to Scott Daniel's Auction & Gallery in High Falls, N.Y. for evaluation, cleaning, and photographing.
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