Word: poiret
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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What the Journal had done was to sign a contract with the Paris Pattern Co., Inc., by which the magazine has "exclusive right to describe and publish the latest models" supplied each month by 17 tip-top Parisian couturiers, including. Chanel, Lanvin, Poiret, Jane Régny, Lucile, Pre-met, Lenief, Louiseboulanger, Nicole Groult, Worth, Paquin, Jenny, Drecoll-Beer, Redfern, Doeuillet-Doucet, Philippe et Gaston, renée. Said the Ladies' Home Journal for May: "Our patterns are not inspired by Paris, they are not adapted from. Paris; they are actually designed, created and shown in the salons...
...Modern artists praised: A. L. Barye, Brancusi, Cezanne, Courbet, Degas, Delacroix, Derain, Eakins, Frueh, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Winslow Homer, Manet, Monet, Picasso, Pissarro, Poiret, de Chavannes, Renoir...
...Paul Poiret, Parisian dressmaker, last week flayed the indecency of short skirts. Said he: "Parisian dressmakers are forced to admit they are in perfect accord with Pope Pius. . . . Women have lost by want of mystery. . . . Modern woman should wear skirts a trifle longer and more decent...
Time was when the world of Paris fashions would have trembled at such an edict from the powerful Poiret. But the maker of modes confessed himself outmoded when, a fortnight ago, he lamented: "I am no longer necessary. ... I shall leave the Paris which is no longer the Paris I have known. I shall solace myself in an old chateau surrounded by fairy-like gardens...
Divorced. Paul Poiret. dressmaker, of Paris; and his wife, Denise Louise Poiret, once his "inspiration," of whom he said "I make for my wife the gowns and hats that express my creed;" at Paris. M. Poiret charged that his wife's attitude was injurious; Mme. Poiret countercharged, that her husband was cruel...