@jonathan.anderson showing off a Paul Poiret-inspired coat at @dior Men’s SS26 show. | i-D

Paul Poiret: The King of Fashion, Part I-III from @dressed_podcast In this series, we are celebrating the prolific life and career of the avant-garde French designer Paul Poiret, who is the subject of a new retropsective exhibition Paul Poiret: Fashion is a Feast at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Known as “The King of Fashion,” Poiret was an incomparable force of personality, vision, and industry, who was instrumental in not just revolutionizing women’s fashion at the dawn of the twenti

Des salons parisiens aux podiums internationaux, Paul Poiret a tracé le chemin d'une mode libératrice et emblématique du XXe siècle. | Culture Prime

Happy belated birthday to Paul Poiret who was born on April 20th, 1879. Poiret is one of fashion history’s great innovators who was instrumental in laying the blue print for modern fashion, fashion illustration and photography, AND lifestyle branding. You can learn more about Poiret and my personal favorite period in fashion history—the 1910s—in my upcoming online fashion history course What Women Wore to the Revolution, coming your way Sunday’s in May. Register at the link in my bio or DressedH