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- Paul Poiret (20 April 1879 – 30 April 1944, Paris, France) was a French fashion designer, a master couturier during the first two decades of the 20th century. He was the founder of his namesake haute couture house.
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Paul Poiret (20 April 1879 – 30 April 1944, Paris, France) was a French fashion designer, a master couturier during the first two decades of the 20th century. He was the founder of his namesake haute couture house.
- 20 April 1879, Paris, France
- Denise Poiret (née Boulet)
- 30 April 1944 (aged 65), Paris, France
- Couturier
Every decade has its seer or sybil of style, a designer who, above all others, is able to divine and define the desires of women. In the 1910s, this oracle of the mode was Paul Poiret, known in America as “The King of Fashion.”
Apr 30, 2024 · Paul Poiret (born April 20, 1879, Paris, France—died April 30, 1944, Paris) was a French couturier, the most fashionable dress designer of pre-World War I Paris. 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 ...
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Nov 7, 2017 · 7 November 2017. By Cath Pound,Features correspondent. The pioneering visionary Paul Poiret has been less celebrated than other designers, but ultimately he is the most significant of them all,...
Who was Paul Poiret? Paul Poiret was an innovative French couturier who dressed Paris’ finest before World War I. He epitomized Art Deco fashion and is credited with freeing women from corsets as well as introducing new silhouettes like the hobble skirt, harem pants, and lampshade tunic.
Oct 20, 2022 · Written by Katie Sweeney. October 20, 2022. “I am an artist, not a dressmaker,” the acclaimed French designer Paul Poiret once claimed—and rightfully so. Known as the “King of Fashion” at the height of his popularity in the 1910s, Poiret was an avant-garde visionary.
May 9–August 5, 2007. Print. Exhibition Overview. More than any other designer of the twentieth century, Paul Poiret (1879–1944) elevated fashion to the status of an artform.
