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Poiret (Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications) (Hardcover) by Harold Koda
This is the book released in conjunction with the exhibition at The Met in New York. ‘In the annals of fashion history, French couturier Paul Poiret (1879–1944) is known for liberating women from corsets and introducing pantaloons into their wardrobes. However, it is Poiret’s remarkable innovations in the cut and construction of clothing, made all the more remarkable by the fact that he could not sew, that secures his legacy. This essential book is the first to explore Poiret’s radical modernity from a number of perspectives with stencils, personal photographs from the Poiret family archives, and newly commissioned photographs of Poiret’s masterworks.’
$40 http://www.amazon.com/ Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art (May 29, 2007)