Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Dress by Paul Poiret, 1920s


Dress by Paul Poiret, 1920s, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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"A black dress with swinging arm tassels by Paul Poiret. Poiret never regained his position in the fashion industry after he closed his house during the First World War. At the end of the Twenties he was declared bankrupt."

Scanned from the book "Decades of Fashion".

1 comment:

Jillian Renee said...

Yet, he will always have a major influence on fashion. Amazing..

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