TY - BOOK AU - Koda,Harold AU - Bolton,Andrew ED - Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) TI - Poiret SN - 9781588392237 AV - TT502 .K64 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - New York, New Haven PB - Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Press KW - Poiret, Paul KW - Fashion design KW - France KW - Exhibitions KW - Fashion designers KW - Exhibition catalogues KW - Exhibition catalogs KW - lcgft N1 - Catalog of an exhibition 'Poiret, king of fashion, ' at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 9-Aug. 5, 2007; Includes bibliographical references (page 221); Foreword / Philippe de Montebello -- The prophet of simplicity / Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton -- Poiret's modernism, and the logic of fashion / Nancy J. Troy -- Denise Poiret: Muse or mannequin? / Caroline Evans -- High priestesses of fashion / Caroline Rennolds Milbank -- Refashioning the fashion plate: Poiret's clothing in context / Mary E. David -- The lure of Vienna: Poiret and the Wiener Werkstätte / Heather Hess -- Paul Poiret and the decorative arts / Jared Goss -- Forbidden fruits: the perfumes of Rosine / Kenneth E. Silver -- Catalogue / Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton N2 - This volume explores Poiret's radical modernity. Essays by renowned scholars describe the historical context of his work; its relation to the dominant artistic discourses of the early 20th century; his muse, Denise Poiret, and her influence on his work; and his role in the paradigmatic shift to a new ideal of feminine beauty ER -