1879-1944 Paul Poiret

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"Paris" Evening Coat Worn by Denise Poiret, 1919. Brown silk velvet with placket of red and blue wool and couched gilt-silver cording.

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"Irudrée" Evening Gown, ca. 1927. Gold lamé.

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"Bois de Boulogne" Dinner Dress Worn by Denise Poiret, 1919. Textile design by Raoul Dufy (French, 1877–1953) Textile manufacture by Bianchini-Férier (French, founded 1880) Printed polychrome silk, black silk tulle, and black silk broadcloth.

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"Théâtre des Champs-Élysées" Evening Gown Worn by Denise Poiret, 1913. Gown of ivory silk damask and ivory silk tulle overskirt with rhinestone embroidery; headdress of green and black silk gauze with rhinestone embroidery.

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"La Perse" Coat Worn by Denise Poiret, 1911. Ivory and blue-black block-printed cotton velvet with brown rabbit trim.

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[eugenius]

Originally Posted by dreamsethereal

i don't know if anyone would be interested, but the uber-nerd that i am, i took a ton of close-up photos of the clothes. i would post them all if i knew people were interested. anyone?

Can you post them? Please...

[j´adore dior]

Originally Posted by SomethingElse

*Please do not quote images*
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This coat must have been one the styles that inspired Roberto Cavalli´s fall 2006 collection, my favourite Cavalli collection so far

[DosViolines]

More info and images the dress from post #154

“Théâtre des Champs-Élysées” Gown, 1913. Ivory silk damask, ivory silk net, and ivory China silk with rhinestone trim.

This particular model, worn by Paul Poiret’s wife, Denise, to the premiere of Le Sacre du printemps, was named after the recently opened Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, where the Diaghilev and Stravinsky collaboration was inaugurated. Theater played an important role in the imaginative life of Poiret. The performing arts inspired many of his flights of fancy, and the theater provided him with an opportunity to introduce his more overtly fantastical styles into society through designs worn on stage by such great actresses of the day as Mlle Spinelly and Eve Lavallière as well as by his more adventurous clients of artistic and bohemian sensibility who populated the audience. Opening night at the theater, with its formal dress, provided a venue where extravagant display was not only appropriate but de rigueur.

With its raised-waist tunic effect and ivory tonalities, “Champs-Elysées” alluded to historical, eighteenth-century Neoclassical styles. However, the simple white gown depicted by such painters as Joseph-Marie Vien has been reinterpreted by Poiret in a richly patterned silk damask and silk tulle. Double bands of lead-crystal rhinestones articulate the high waist and reinforce the tulle overskirt with a subtle hooplike support. Unlike his “Minaret” lampshade tunic forms, which were high in front and low in back, the designer gave an asymmetrical cant to the hem and reasserted the angled drape of the gown’s surplice neckline.

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[GBArt]

From the days when style was style.



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[GBArt]

Sorry about the repost.

I should have known you guys would already have this totally covered.

[Miss Galliano]

i love this thread so much inspiration.. it explains that style always and trends keep changing

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c. 1930. The internationally known figure, Paul Poiret, Parisian fashionmaker, whose skill in assembling a well-fashioned gown or dress has amazed thousands of American women during his tour of the United States, is shown fitting a woman with one of his creations.

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Mme. Poiret modeling husband designed clothes.

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c. 1924. Dinarzade (also known as Petra Clive) wearing a black, peplumed-bodice, velvet dress trimmed with horizontal bands of velvet, and a white batiste turnover collar, designed by Poiret. A geometric wall hanging is draped behind her.

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c. 1915. A woman wears a black Poiret dress with a tiered, hobble skirt.

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