Paul Poiret

Standard Name: Poiret, Paul

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Family and Intimate relationships Julia Strachey
Possibly introduced through her uncle James Strachey, JS had met and become romantically involved with English sculptor Stephen Tommy Tomlin by October 1926. They spent several months together that winter in Paris, where Tomlin...

Timeline

1908: Paris fashion designer Paul Poiret inaugurated...

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1908

Paris fashion designer Paul Poiret inaugurated a new ideal feminine form with designs which emphasized the legs, an all-around slim body, and minimal curves.
Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls. Random House, 1997.
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Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. Fasting Girls. Harvard University Press, 1988.
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