Violette Marsan, Erik Braagaard, Henri De Chatillon: French Milliners of New York, 1930–1968
Celine Khawam
Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice
About this Item
- Title
- Violette Marsan, Erik Braagaard, Henri De Chatillon: French Milliners of New York, 1930–1968
- Contributor Names
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Khawam, Celine (Author)
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Font, Lourdes M. (Thesis advisor)
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Davidson, Hilary (Thesis advisor)
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Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York. Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice (Degree granting institution)
- Date
- 2023
- Degree Information
- M.A. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York 2023
- Department: Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice
- Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 85-08
- Advisors: Lourdes Font; Hilary Davidson
- Committee members: Brooke Carlson
- Abstract
- Many designers who were significant contributors to Paris fashions in the 1930s have disappeared from the record of fashion history. This long list of forgotten designers includes Violette H. Marsan (1902-1997), Erik Braagaard (1912-2004), and Henri de Châtillon (1906- 1972), three Paris-based French modistes (milliners) who were celebrated for their elegant hats. They gained widespread success in France before fleeing the country in the wake of the Second World War and settling in New York and Mexico City. They were part of the numerous French émigrés (immigrants) who had found refuge in the United States during wartime, many of whom were intellectuals, artists, and designers. Back then, the French fashion community of New York was acclaimed, notably through the design contributions of Madame Nicole and Lilly Daché, two renowned French-American milliners. Despite their success and talent, the creations of Violette Marsan, Erik Braagaard, and Henri de Châtillon are not well represented in museum collections and their names are no longer recalled. My goal with this paper is to recover the course of their respective careers and recount these untold stories. A close look at their work, aspirations, and influence in New York and beyond will provide further insight into their style and relationship to the American fashion industry between 1930 and 1968, at a time of democratization of fashion and greater recognition for American designers.
- Subject
- Fashion
- Europe
- History
- United States--History
- French
- Millinery workers
- Democratization
- Designers
- Keyword
- French modistes
- French-american milliners
- New york
- Democratization
- American designers
- Erik braagaard
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- Identifier
- FIT Repository ID: etd_000955
- pqdiss: 30819349
- URN/ISBN: 9798381449181
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,
Citation
Khawam, C. (2023). Violette Marsan, Erik Braagaard, Henri De Chatillon: French Milliners of New York, 1930–1968 [Master's thesis, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York]. FIT Institutional Repository. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/155925
Khawam, Celine. Violette Marsan, Erik Braagaard, Henri De Chatillon: French Milliners of New York, 1930–1968. 2023. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, Master's thesis. FIT Digital Repository, https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/155925
Khawam, Celine. "Violette Marsan, Erik Braagaard, Henri De Chatillon: French Milliners of New York, 1930–1968." Master's thesis, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, 2023. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/155925