Triumph and Tragedy in Couture: The Story of Paul Poiret as Told by Vogue
Post-World War I fashion might have immediately picked up where it left off, but that was just to catch its breath. Soon flourishes inspired by the Far East, Spain, and…
In Paris, MAD Honors Paul Poiret, “the First Art Director in the History of Fashion”
On Tuesday night in Paris, MAD—as Paris’s museum of decorative arts is now known—inaugurated “Paul Poiret: Fashion is a Feast,” the first-ever dedicated exhibition about the couturier best remembered for…
Paris Exhibition Paints Paul Poiret as a Pioneering Lifestyle Guru
Paul Poiret‘s fashions, which famously freed women from the corset and took many cues from Eastern cultures, have inspired many designers, including Jean Paul Gaultier, John Galliano, Dries Van Noten,…
Poiret Beauté Arrives in the U.S. With a Launch Party Worthy of the Couturier
On a quiet Wednesday night in Manhattan, the blue doors of John Demsey’s townhouse swung open to reveal something rare: a fashion-and-beauty fête that felt more like Paris in the…