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.

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

[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.