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Paul Poiret (20 April 1879 – 30 April 1944, Paris, France) [1] was a French fashion designer, a master couturier during the first two decades of the 20th century. He was the founder of his namesake haute couture house.
The French fashion designer in the Berg story might have been Paul Poiret [4] who claimed credit for the hobble skirt, but it is not clear whether the skirt was his invention or not. [6] Skirts had been rapidly narrowing since the mid-1900s. [6] Slim skirts were economical because they used less fabric. [6]
Paul Poiret harem pants, 1911 In 1911, the Paris couturier Paul Poiret introduced harem pants as part of his efforts to reinvent and 'liberate' Western female fashion. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] His "Style Sultane" included the jupe-culotte or harem pant, made with full legs tied in at the ankle. [ 4 ]
Rambova c. 1926 in a dress by Paul Poiret. Though her work in both set and costume design has been deemed influential by film and fashion historians alike, [e] Rambova herself claimed to "loathe fashion," adding: I want to dress in a way that is becoming to me, whether it is the style of the hour or not. So it should be with all women, in my ...
Howard Greer (16 April 1896 – April 1974, in Los Angeles) [1] was a Hollywood fashion designer and a costume designer in the Golden Age of American cinema. [ 2 ] Greer began his fashion career at Lucile in 1916, working in both her New York City and Chicago branches before serving in France in World War I .
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In Western society, it was Eastern culture that inspired French designer Paul Poiret (1879–1944) to be one of the first to design pants for women. In 1913, Poiret created loose-fitting, wide-leg trousers for women called harem pants, which were based on the costumes of the popular ballet Sheherazade.