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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 ...
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.
Dufy's flat, graphic patterns were ideally suited to Poiret's planar, abstract designs, a fact that is palpable in such signature creations as "La Perse" coat, "La Rose d'Iribe" dress, and the "Bois de Boulogne" dinner dress, which is made from a fabric that Dufy designed in conjunction with the silk manufacturer Bianchini-Férier.
Paul Poiret is regarded as the first fashion designer to bring out his own perfume. However, unlike Coco Chanel whose Chanel No. 5 first appeared in 1921 — ten years after Poiret had begun selling his "designer perfume" — Poiret never linked his name to either the names of his perfumes or to perfume company he had established for his daughter.
The young couple lived on Elsa’s dowry, which was disappearing at the speed of light. Their daughter Yvonne, nicknamed Gogo, was born in 1920 and very soon contracted poliomyelitis. Juggling her Bohemian lifestyle, part-time jobs, her husband’s repeated absences and taking care of her daughter, Elsa asked for a divorce.
PAUL POIRET, a legendary fashion designer called the 'KING OF FASHION', sought beauty that broke free from existing beauty standards in female nature, and also sought to liberate women through various methods.
Jul 22, 2007 · This seafoam green dress, from 1911, is made of silk gauze, silver lame, blue foil and intricate beadwork, among other materials. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Paul Poiret couldn't sew, but he ...
