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Paul Poiret (20 April 1879 – 30 April 1944, Paris, France) [1] 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. Early life and career. Poiret was born on 20 April 1879 to a cloth merchant in the poor neighborhood of Les Halles, Paris. [2] .
Andrew Bolton. The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. September 2008. 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.”.
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 ...
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.
Nov 7, 2017 · Paul Poiret was an unparalleled innovator in the world of fashion. He liberated women from the corset, draping them in exquisite, oriental-inspired creations, invented the concept of...
Designer Paul Poiret (1879 – 1944) led the fashion world in the first decade of the 20th century. This extract from his 1931 autobiography, 'King of Fashion', tells of his meteoric rise to fame, designing dresses for the esteemed Parisian couturier, House of Worth.
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.
More than any other designer of the twentieth century, Paul Poiret (1879–1944) elevated fashion to the status of an artform.
More than any other designer of the twentieth century, Paul Poiret (1879–1944) elevated fashion to the status of an artform. Dress history credits Poiret with freeing women from corsets and with inventing such startling creations as “hobble” skirts, “harem” pantaloons, and “lampshade” tunics, but these details have detracted from ...
Paul Poiret. The king of fashion, life and philosophy of Paul Poiret. La grande couture. Legacy of beauty, Poiret brand story. L'innovateur "I'm an artist, not a dressmaker"
