Tag Archives: Paul Poiret

BANNING THE CORSET: PANTALOON LIBERATION FRONT

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Dave

Banning the corset and into the harem. Read my Body. “From the idea that the self is not given to us, I think that there is only practical consequence, we have to create ourselves as a work of art.” ( … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Amelia Jenks Bloomer, British Aesthetes, C. Willett Cunnington, Charles Frederick Worth, Condé Nast, Edward Streichen, Elinor Glyn, Georges Lepape, Greta Garbo, isadora Duncan, Jean Beraud, Jean Beraud art, Jean Cocteau, Joel Nikolaou, Josh Patner, Liz Eckermann, Maude Allen, Michel Foucault, Oscar Wilde, Paul Gernreich, Paul Poiret, Raoul Dufy, Sarah Bernhardt | Leave a comment

ERTÉ: THE MAN IN THE ERMINE LOUNGING PAJAMAS

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Dave

In the 1970′s and 1980′s, when he turned his hand to lithographs and serigraphs, he became widely known in the United States. As the Art Deco style came back into fashion, many of his works, including ”The Alphabet” and ”The … Continue reading →