COLLECTION NAME:
History of Costume
Record
Title:
Madame Denise Poiret
Creator.Persons:
Poiret, Paul
Author:
Patricia Quinn Stuart and Stephen Sbarge
Date:
1910
Description:
Madame Denise Poiret, the designer's muse, wearing a metallic gauze gown and turban-like hat in the Arabian nights' style, which the avant-garde Poiret so loved to design for his famous costume parties. Poiret was famous costume parties. Poiret was an original in his field. His clothes are so sophisticated and unique at this time as any designer's work since (Jean-Michel Tardy, photographer)
Subject.Persons:
Poiret, Paul ;Tardy, Jean-Michel
Subject:
Costume -- History ;Headgear
Current Repository:
Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.)
Style/Period:
20th century: 1900-1910
Collection Title:
History of Costume
Publisher.Location:
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
Publisher:
Slide Presentations
Date.Published:
copyright 1975
Image.Date:
2007
Image.Publisher:
University of Nebraska, Architecture Visual Resources Collection
Collection information:
Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
