Credits

The Traphagen School: Fostering American Fashion has been organized by graduate students in the Fashion Institute of Technology’s MA program in Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice, with the support of Sarah Byrd, Keren Ben-Horin, Emma McClendon, and Elizabeth Way. View student bios.

We would like to thank the many people who helped make this exhibition possible:

Dr. Joyce F. Brown, President, Fashion Institute of Technology.

From the School of Graduate Studies:

Dr. Mary E. Davis, Dean; Associate Chair Denyse Montegut; Instructor Sarah Byrd; Instructor Keren Ben-Horin; Associate Professor Lourdes Font; and Marjorie Phillips.

From The Museum at FIT:

Dr. Valerie Steele, Director; Deputy Director Patricia Mears; Associate Curator Emma McClendon; Assistant Curator Elizabeth Way; Publications Coordinator Julian Clark; Senior Curator Fred Dennis; Senior Conservator Ann Coppinger; Alison Castaneda, Marjorie Jonas, and Lauren Posada of the Conservation Department; Museum Photographer Eileen Costa; Associate Registrar Jill Hemingway; Senior Exhibition Manager Michael Goitia; Boris Chesakov, Ken Wiesinger, and Ryan Wolfe of the Exhibitions Department; Lynn Sallaberry and Thomas Synnamon of the Costume Department; Senior Curator of Education Tanya Melendez; Associate Curator of Education Melissa Marra; Faith Copper of the Education Department; Digital Media and Strategic Initiatives Manager Tamsen Young; and Assistant Media Manager Oyinade Koyi.

From the Precollege Program:

Michele Nagel.

From the Communications and External Relations:

Carol Leven, Alexandra Mann, Ivana Cepeda, Steven Bibb, and Smiljana Peros.

From the Gladys Marcus Library  Special Collections at FIT:

Karen Trivette Cannell and April Calahan.

Special thanks to:

Cassidy Zachary, graphic design consultant Bia Castro, writing consultant Sasha Graybosch, and exhibition design consultant Asal Shakeri.