1879-1944 Paul Poiret

[Estella*]

hm, not that i remember
maybe you mean sophia kokosalaki for vionnet?

 

[Mr-Dale]

^ That's the one.. thanks

 

[j´adore dior]

great to see new pictures from Poiret, thanks Estella Mare

 

[Benzo]

Thx very much, Estella!
I dunno why, but looking at these pics make me feel excited & touched.

 

[DosViolines]

Fountain Frock

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The fountain was a very popular motif in art deco
http://community.livejournal.com/art_deco_style/133555.html

 

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1925 French daycoat designed by Paul Poiret, with embroidered Japanese motifs. On view in Japan Dresses the West. Photo Courtesy of Brooklyn Museum of Art.

victorian.fortunecity.com

 

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Paul Poiret
“Mandarin” Coat
Label: PAUL POIRET a Paris

c. 1923

Black wool twill with chain-stitch embroidery of chrysanthemum, bird and wave motifs; wing collar; lining of black crepe de Chine.

kci.or.jp

 

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Blue silk velvet and silver stenciled tabard dress, Paul Poiret, c. 1912
The Western Reserve Historical Society

Anne Bissonette - Photographer

Kent State University Museum

costume.osu.edu

 

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Some Poiret designed accessories from Azzedine Alaia's collection:


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[SIZE=-1]Evening dress[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]French, ca. 1925,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]attributed to Paul Poiret [/SIZE]

[SIZE=-1]Pale green silk crepe embroidered in an allover geometric design in silver, gold, and clear beads and silk threads[/SIZE]

[SIZE=-1]Kent State University Museum [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Gift of Martha McCaskey Selhorst[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1] KSUM 1996.058.0346ab

dept.kent.edu
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hiandlomodern.com

 

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thecampuschronicle.com

Poiret coat offers glimpse of history, raises questions

By Monique Bos

Savannah residents Leftwich and Ursula Kimbrough have loaned a coat by noted French couturier Paul Poiret to the Savannah College of Art and Design.

The coat, which Leftwich Kimbrough estimates was made around 1925, is on display through the end of the summer in the first-floor Photo Gallery at the Earle W. Newton Center for British-American Studies in Kiah Hall, 227 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Kimbrough said the coat’s original owner was a relative of his through marriage, Mary Sefton Thomas. Thomas’ father, Vincent Thomas, trademarked and ran the Harriet Hubbard Ayer cosmetic company until his death around 1920. His widow Lillian commissioned stained glass work for his mausoleum; the glass artist was Robert Dodge, brother of Kimbrough’s grandfather, painter William de Leftwich Dodge. Ultimately Lillian Thomas and Robert Dodge married, and Mary Thomas and Kimbrough’s mother grew up together on Long Island.

“It was a very interesting family,” Kimbrough said.

Lillian Dodge continued to run HHA until around 1950. “She made all kinds of toiletry articles for ladies,” Kimbrough said. She “was considered to be the highest paid woman executive for her time in this country.”

Lillian Dodge herself was interested primarily in altruism, Kimbrough said. “Her intention was not to be an extremely wealthy person, although she became that. Her true intentions were … a lot of philanthropic interests.”

Her daughter, owner and likely purchaser of the Poiret coat, “just grew up in the lap of ultimate luxury,” Kimbrough said. “She was very cultured, very distinguished through the exposure she had from her mother and the people they came into contact with.”

Kimbrough said the family’s wealthy background explains how they were able to purchase items by such noted designers as Poiret, even though this coat was probably made after his peak period.

“It explains why she owned this coat,” he said. “They were very fashionable.”

Both mother and daughter traveled widely to such locations as Paris, London and Rome, Kimbrough said. The coat contains an Italian retailer’s label, but he is unsure whether it was purchased in Italy or another country.

This is one of the questions about the coat that he hopes members of the SCAD community can answer. His loan of the coat is “for the college’s benefit but also hopefully to enable someone to research it a little bit,” he said. “I thought it would be a good idea to take the coat out of its box and give it some exposure and maybe get some background.”

He also is interested in knowing more about the era in which the coat was made, when exactly it was purchased and what materials were used in the manufacture.

In the Newton Center, the coat is flanked by two images from noted fashion photographer Richard Avedon, whose work is on display in the upstairs Print Gallery as part of “Special Edition: Fashion Photography from the Rhoades Collection.”

Poiret (1897-1944) is credited with introducing more comfortable fashions for women after the corsets and restricting designs of the Victorian era.

Photos by Charlie Ribbens
A coat designed by French couturier Paul Poiret around 1925 is on loan to the Savannah College of Art and Design by Savannah residents Leftwich and Ursula Kimbrough. The coat will be on display at the Earle W. Newton Center for British-American Studies through Sept. 30.

 

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Robe de chambre de Paul Poiret
1924

Robe de Paul Poiret "Les Régates"
1925

raoul-dufy.com

 

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Cape manteau de Paul Poiret ornée d'un dessin signé Raoul Dufy, 1926.

fr.ca.encarta.msn.com

 

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Vestido Eugéne, criação de Paul Poiret em 1907.

moda.terra.com.br

 

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Paul Poiret
Coat
Label: Paul Poiret. Rue Pasquier 37 Paris

c. 1909

Black silk satin; crochet and bobbin lace; black lace lapel with tassel; yellow silk habutae lining.

kci.or.jp

 

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A striking 1917 military-style velvet and fur-trimmed evening coat of blue silk designed by Paul Poiret

doylenewyork.com

 

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Blue Silk Velvet and Silver Stenciled Tabard Dress, Paul Poiret, c. 1912
The Western Reserve Historical Society
Gold Lamé Pumps with Rectangular Rhinestone Buckle, c. 1930s
Gift of Mrs. Mary Jeffrey Strudwick

costume.osu.edu

 

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I saved the best for last

Dinner dress, 1922–23
Paul Poiret (French, 1880–1944)
Navy-blue and red silk faille, gold metallic bullion buttons
Gift of Mrs. Muriel Draper, 1943 (C.I.43.85.2a,b)

metmuseum.org