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In 1905, Poiret married Denise Boulet, a slender and youthful woman he had known since his childhood. Denise, with her thin figure and unconventional beauty, would become Poiret’s muse. Illustration by Paul Poiret from 1908.
Equally significant is his vision of the modern woman, epitomized by his wife and muse, Denise. Slim, youthful, and uncorseted, she was the prototype of la garçonne. Poiret used her slender figure as the basis for his radically simplified constructions.
Denise Poiret by Delphi. Delphi. 22,5 x 16,7 cm. 1919. Gelatin silver print. GALK 3978. Palais Galliera, musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris. Wife of fashion designer Paul Poiret, Denise Poiret is seen here in the Mythe dress she wore to a soirée at L'Oasis, the glamorous Paris nightspot.
Nov 7, 2017 · After brief spells at Doucet and Worth, Poiret founded his own house in 1904 and, with his wife and muse Denise beside him, set about revolutionising the world of fashion with his focus on...
May 9, 2007 · While Lavallière's coat was black on white with black fox-fur trim, this coat, which belonged to Denise Poiret and which she wore on Poiret's first formal mannequin tour of Europe in...
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Poiret designed the coat for his wife, Denise, who was photographed wearing it like a great wrap with a short evening dress called the "Faune." While the dress does not appear to have survived—it was an astonishing combination of gold lamé and black monkey fur interspersed with gilt military fringe—Denise Poiret's coordination suggests ...
Denise Poiret's slender figure was the perfect canvas for Poiret's classicizing tendencies. Unlike the odalisques of the Belle Époque, her svelte, gamine beauty adhered to the more active body type that was emerging in the early twentieth century.
