Born in New York City, Ethel Traphagen had a distinguished career in New York state as a fashion designer and founder, with her artist-husband, William R. Leigh, of The Traphagen School of Design at 1680 Broadway in New York City. They both taught at the school, and she served as Director.
Traphagen studied at Cooper Union Art School, the National Academy of Design, the Art Students League, and the New York School of Fine and Applied Art. She wrote and illustrated books on fashion (showing 500 of 1623 characters). |
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