 "King of Fashion" by Paul Poiret Autobiography |  Paul Poiret (Center) with Collaborators of Henri Bataille in "A La Rose" |
Check out this First American Edition of couturier Paul Poiret's 1931 autobiography King of Fashion at the Nick Harvill Libraries store. Poiret is one of the most important influences on early 20th Century fashion, the evolutionary link between Worth and Chanel. He famously liberated women from their corsets. He also invented the idea of the fashion cross-over when he ventured into home decor and the perfume business.
What does he have in common with Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, and Cecil Beaton?
HINT: For a clue, compare the NHL description of King of Fashion to Cecil Beaton's I Take Great Pleasure.
The answer is after the JUMP.
What does he have in common with Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, and Cecil Beaton?
HINT: For a clue, compare the NHL description of King of Fashion to Cecil Beaton's I Take Great Pleasure.
The answer is after the JUMP.
Like Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, and Cecil Beaton, Paul Poiret embarked on a lecture tour of the United States, which he covers in his autobiography.
It included a stop in San Diego in which Poiret reproached his audience for their conformity. "Look at yourselves, you all have a bouquet of flowers pinned in the same place," he complained. Sadly, the audience grasped the specifics of his admonition without ever abandoning the herd instinct that was the underlying basis for his complaint. At the lecture's conclusion, a janitor presented Poiret with the mass of flowers that had been uniformly discarded by the attendees.
Check out the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute's Harold Koda discussing the ingenuity and craftsmanship of this Poiret coat:
It included a stop in San Diego in which Poiret reproached his audience for their conformity. "Look at yourselves, you all have a bouquet of flowers pinned in the same place," he complained. Sadly, the audience grasped the specifics of his admonition without ever abandoning the herd instinct that was the underlying basis for his complaint. At the lecture's conclusion, a janitor presented Poiret with the mass of flowers that had been uniformly discarded by the attendees.
Check out the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute's Harold Koda discussing the ingenuity and craftsmanship of this Poiret coat:
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