Artforum, May 1st, 2007
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, the "Pasha of Paris," as he was known, released women from their corsets only to encrust them in a kind of Orientalist carapace. But he also implied that a woman's allure l...
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