George w trippon biography definition

American TV host and designer (1916–2010)

George W. Trippon (February 26, 1916 - January 1, 2010) was a Romanian-American teacher, fashion designer and author known for operating the Trippon Fashion Center design school in Los Angeles during the 1950s^[1] and for a long-running TV show "Sew, What's New?" on The Learning Channel during the 1980s and 1990s.^[2]

Trippon was born in 1916 in Aurora, Illinois to parents George and Mary, both Romanian immigrants.^[2] At age 9, he attended dance school and later appeared in a number of Hollywood musicals.

He served in World War II as a Quartermaster, and after discharge, he studied fashion design in Paris and Los Angeles.^[3] He opened his own fashion design school and operated it during the 1950s.^[1] In 1956, he was elected president of the Hollywood Beauty League, an organization dedicated to promoting Los Angeles as a cultural hub.^[4]

In the 1970s, Trippon