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King of fashion : The autobiography of paul poiret.

King of fashion : The autobiography of paul poiret.
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920 POI
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ISBN 9781851779611
Classification 920 POI
Personal Name Poiret,Paul
Title King of fashion : The autobiography of paul poiret.
Publication Details [place of publication not identified] : V & a publishing, 2019.
Series V&A fashion perspectives
Contents Note Machine generated contents note: ch. I Youth -- My family -- Bichette's funeral -- The first automobiles -- My games -- The Exhibition of 1889 -- The Ecole Massillon -- My first theatrical emotions -- Umbrellas and how I loved them -- Mme Cheruit -- M. Doucet -- ch. II Chez Doucet -- The Saleswomen -- Rejane -- The revue at the Epatant -- My first earnings -- My first adventure in love -- ch. III In The Army -- ch. IV Chez Worth -- The coronation of Edward VII -- A Russian princess -- ch. V My Debut as a Couturier -- The Rue Auber -- Bernard Naudin -- A clairvoyante -- Mrs Asquith -- Professor Akldar -- ch. VI My Influence -- Le Minaret -- Plus ca change -- Aphrodite -- Paul Iribe -- Georges Lepape -- Boussingault -- Dunoyer de Segonzac -- Nabuchodonozor -- Les Quat' Z'Arts -- ch. VII The Faubourg Saint Honore -- My garden -- Capital punishment -- Travels in Europe -- ch. VIII MY Amusements -- The Mortigny Club -- Eschmann at the Embassy -- Forain -- Abel Truchet -- Sailing --
Contents note continued: My first pinnace -- On board the Henriette -- ch. IX The High Art of Dressmaking -- Industrial considerations -- My mannequins -- Rousseau -- ch. X The Decorative Arts -- My travels in Germany -- The creation of the Martine school -- Raoul Dufy -- The Exhibition of 1925 -- ch. XI At Work -- Henri Bataille -- My occupations -- The Comtesse Greffulhe -- The isle of Tudy -- London -- The Russian Ballet Cubism -- ch. XII The Fetes I Gave -- The Fete des Rois -- The Thousand-and-Second Night -- Boni de Castellane -- Fete at the Opera and at Cannes -- ch. XIII The Pavillon du Butard -- Ange-Marie Gabriel's Pavilion -- Les Festes de Bacchus -- Isadora Duncan -- Max Jacob -- ch. XIV The War -- Private Poiret, on the black list -- Lisieux -- Bordeaux and Clemenceau -- Rheims and reams of champagne -- Military tailoring -- Court-martialled, and a negro colonel -- ch. XV In Morocco -- Marrakesh -- Fez -- Marshal Lyautey -- A Pasha's hospitality -- At Demnat --
Contents note continued: ch. XVI Back in Paris: The Oasis Theatre -- The shows I gave -- The artistes: Yvette Guilbert, Bruant, etc. -- The parties there -- ch. XVII In America -- My criticism of and my enthusiasm for America -- John Wanamaker -- Yankee Art ...?? -- Travel notes -- ch. XVIII My Lectures to the Americans -- In New York In Chicago In Chickasha In Los Angeles Travel notes -- ch. XIX Gastronomy -- Le Club des Cents -- L'af du pecheur -- Editions-de-luxe -- Literature -- My collections -- Cocteau -- Denouement fatal.
Subject - Topical Term Autobiography
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