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Cut Loose.(exhibition of Paul Poiret's designs)
Two years ago, at an auction in Paris that set new records for couture, the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum acquired twenty-six ensembles by Paul Poiret that his granddaughter had put up for sale. They had belonged to the couturier's wife and muse, Denise, and hadn't been seen in public since she wore them at the turn of the twentieth century. Even though the couple divorced, with bitterness on both sides, in 1928, Mme. Poiret reverently preserved her legacy, and kept a diary of the occasions--a ball, a fete, a premiere--for which each garment was created. Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton, the curators of the institute, were stunned, Bolton told me, "by the ...
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- Magazine article from: Daily News Record Gavenas, Marilise May 14, 2007 700+ words
...Museum of Art's Costume Institute and indirectly...banner blazoned "Poiret: King of Fashion...For more on the Costume Institute gala, see the...space of the Costume Institute but in the spiffed...dress-up, Poiret's legacy to...
- GOLDEN AGE.(Cate Blanchett and Nicolas Ghesquire attend Costume Institute gala...
- Magazine article from: WWD May 8, 2007 700+ words
...Monday night for the Costume Institute gala celebrating Paul Poiret. She, in ropes of gold...a perfect match with Poiret's draping," said...Monday night for the Costume Institute gala celebrating Paul Poiret.
- MET AIMS FOR POIRET REVIVAL.(Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition of Paul...
- Magazine article from: WWD October 31, 2006 700+ words
...French next year. Paul Poiret will be the subject of the Costume Institute's summer exhibition...and Jean Patou, but Poiret was doing a chemise...were purchased by the Costume Institute at the sale of Denise Poiret's estate, but the...
- A MODERN VIEW OF PAUL POIRET.(Poiret: King of Fashion exhibition)
- Magazine article from: WWD Karimzadeh, Marc May 4, 2007 700+ words
...significant points made by "Poiret: King of Fashion...Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute next week. Beyond the importance of Denise Poiret during Paul Poiret...their construction. Poiret's legacy may be the...curator in charge of the Costume Institute, with ...
- A STUDIED LOOK AT POIRET.(Paul Poiret)
- Magazine article from: WWD Feitelberg, Rosemary May 18, 2007 700+ words
...born 16 years after Paul Poiret and in another country...view presented by the Costume Institute's Harold Koda after leading a group through "Poiret: King of Fashion...he said, noting how Poiret used ethnic elements...
- Poiret's 1002 nights: couturier Paul Poiret both inspired a revolution in the...
- Magazine article from: Apollo Miller, Sanda July 1, 2007 700+ words
'Paul Poiret: King of Fashion', Costume Institute at the Metropolitan...Worth--and Paul Poiret, whose work is being...which the Met's Costume Institute bought 20 costumes...the main stages in Poiret's career as determined...
- King Paul: one of fashion's forgotten heroes, couturier and innovator Paul...
- Magazine article from: W Koski, Lorna Socha, Miles September 1, 2006 700+ words
...years before Halston did it, Poiret turned up at parties and first...of the 20th century, the Poiret effect was huge," says Valerie...exhibition in New York, which the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum...seriously considering. Credit for Poiret's innovations has often...
- Paul Poiret: the revolutionary designer was one of the many lively characters...
- Magazine article from: Harper's Bazaar Martin, J.J. April 1, 2007 700+ words
...the scene. Frenchman Paul Poiret, who launched his label in...Andrew Bolton, curator of the Costume Institute at New York's Metropolitan...will host an exhibition of Poiret's work starting in May...s actually a modernist." Poiret's design canon could well...
