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According to Poiret’s memoirs, My First Fifty Years (1931)—also published as The King of Fashion—the first design he created for the house was a red wool cloak with gray crepe de chine lining and revers, which sold 400 copies.
- Paul Poiret | Opera coat | French | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Naming his perfume company Rosine, after his first daughter,...
- Paul Poiret | Opera coat | French | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
His first design, a red cloth cape, sold 400 copies. He became famous after designing a black mantle of tulle over a black taffeta, painted by the famous fan painter Billotey. The actress Réjane used it in a play called Zaza, the stage then becoming a typical strategy of Poiret's marketing practices.
- 20 April 1879, Paris, France
- Denise Poiret (née Boulet)
- 30 April 1944 (aged 65), Paris, France
- Couturier
He was the first couturier to introduce his own fragrance, to align fashion with interior design and by doing so promoting the concept of a total lifestyle. In 1911, he established a perfume and cosmetics company named after his eldest daughter, Rosine, and a decorative arts company named after his second daughter, Martine.
Nov 7, 2017 · Georges Lepape. An illustration by Georges LePape from 1911 shows a Poiret turban and evokes the Art Deco luxury and decadence of the designer's vision (Credit: Georges Lepape) What we now think...
May 21, 2018 · Auspiciously, Doucet sold four hundred copies of one of Poiret's first designs, a simple red cape with gray lining and revers. And in four years there, the novice designer rose up in the ranks to become head of the tailoring department. His greatest coup was making an evening coat to be worn by the great actress Réjane in a play called Zaza.
Apr 30, 2024 · Poiret was particularly noted for his Neoclassical and Orientalist styles, for advocating the replacement of the corset with the brassiere, and for the introduction of the hobble skirt, a vertical tight-bottomed style that confined women to mincing steps. “I freed the bust,” boasted Poiret, “and I shackled the legs.”
