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Fab Flash: "Poiret: King of Fashion" at the Met in NYC
Two of the most influential people in fashion today, Anna Wintour and Balenciaga designer, Nicolas Ghesquière, along with a whole bunch of A-List celebs, gathered at the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute to Celebrate Paul Poiret last night. Everybody who is anybody attended the Gala and they were dressed to impress.
Paul Poiret was a fashion pioneer who freed women of corsetry and adopted shocking colors and exotic references of the Ballets Russes to the haute couture.
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Trend Alert: Drop Waist Dresses
Before the high waists of the 70s and the low waists of the 90s, there was the drop waist of the 20s. It seems many of you were ready for a new decade of influence and Paul Poiret's liberating style of yore is here to liberate us once again. With all the flapper-inspired gallimaufry for Fall, drop waist dresses evoke a sense of ease and sophistication - a stellar combination.
Friday Fab News Roundup!
- King of Fashion: Celebrating Paul Poiret - Style
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- Money Can't Buy You Style? - The Guardian
- First Eco-Friendly Fashion Show - Newsweek
- Alice Roi Opens Pop-Up Shop in SoHo - WWD
- Handmade Buttons? What a Notion!
Trend Alert: The Great Gatsby
Here is my ode to The Great Gatsby. Fashion is experiencing a throwback to the times of art deco, pleats, beading, speak-easies, and the Belle Epoque. Legendary designer Paul Poiret has been referenced and you can see his dropped hemline and flapper hats in a major way in the Proenza Schouler Fall 2007 collection.
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