Paul Poiret (1879-1944) was an influential French fashion designer during the early twentieth century. He led a fashion renaissance that introduced free-flowing dresses, replaced tight corsets with brassieres, and added a new standard of artistic value...

Paul Poiret METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART May 9-August 5 Curated by Andrew Bolton and Harold Koda To understand the radicality of Paul Poiret's designs, you have to compare his "look" to the starchy, buxom. Edwardian silhouette that preceded it. True,...

'Paul Poiret: King of Fashion', Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 9 May-5 August, +1 212 535 7710. Catalogue by Harold Koda, Andrew Bolton, et al., ISBN 973791361321 (paper), $65 (Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications). 'A woman's clothes...

Paris designers looked to Hollywood on Wednesday with elaborate creations that will vie for "best dressed" on the red carpet.Cate Blanchett lit up the front row at Giorgio Armani's show, held on the third day of the autumn-winter haute couture collections. And French actress Catherine...

Paris designers looked to Hollywood on Wednesday with haute couture collections that could vie for "best dressed" on the red carpet.French actress Catherine Deneuve and Spanish director Pedro Almodovar gathered at Jean Paul Gaultier's headquarters for his show on the second-to-last day of the autumn-winter...