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Aug 21, 2015 · Paul Poiret (1879-1944) Paul Poiret was the party boy of Paris who is the unsung hero of 20th century fashion. In the first instalment in BoF’s fashion history series, we learn that Poiret dressed Paris’ finest before World War I, but as the years went on, his inability to adapt to '20s modernity led to the collapse of his company. Paul ...
Paul Poiret, Interview with Vogue 1913 My wife, Denise Poiret, is the inspiration for all my creations, she is the expression of all my ideals. “Whenever I sign a garment with my name, I consider myself the creator of the masterpiece.”
Dec 3, 2022 · Hazel Smith reports. Paul Poiret was without doubt the most influential couturier of the first decade of the 20th century, leading women out of corsetry and into modernity. In fact, how women dress today is a direct result of Poiret’s work as a fashion designer. The Belle Époque had left women in a virtual cage of whalebone and ribbons.
Dec 28, 2023 · 1913. Interior and clothing designer, Paul Poiret is invited by department store magnates to embark on a tour of the United States along with his wife, Denise, often serving as model and muse. The purpose of the tour is to teach women how to properly dress and market his fashions to American women. During his tour, he supplies Harper’s Bazar ...
Paul Poiret ( Paris, 20 de abril de 1879, Paris – 30 de abril de 1944) foi um dos principais estilistas franceses, atuante principalmente durante as duas primeiras décadas do século XX. Poiret ajudou a definir o que seria um estilista moderno, e seu legado tornou-se fonte de inspiração para muitos estilistas e artistas que o sucederam.
Paul Poiret dominated haute couture in the first decade of the twentieth century. Known in America as the "King of Fashion," he liberated women from constricting undergarments, most significantly from the corset, which had shaped the female form almost without interruption for hundreds of years. In so doing, he revolutionized dressmaking, by shifting its emphasis away form the skills of ...
May 21, 2018 · Paul Poiret (1879-1944) was an influential French fashion designer during the early twentieth century. He led a fashion renaissance that introduced free-flowing dresses, replaced tight corsets with brassieres, and added a new standard of artistic value to his fashion plates. Poiret was born on April 20, 1879 in Paris.
