Summertime and the livin’s easy

The Met opened a special exhibit on the first floor, entitled Poiret: King of Fashion, at the beginning of May.

Paul Poiret, who dubbed himself the ‘King of Fashion’ is best known for ridding women’s fashion of the restrictions of corsets and platoons. But he also managed to create intricate styles, and cuts, despite the fact that he could not sew – an interesting problem for a fashion personality.

According to the Met’s write-up, the exhibit focuses “on his technical ingenuity and originality, the exhibition explores Poiret’s modernity in relation to and as an expression of the dominant discourses of the early 20th century, including Cubism, Classicism, Orientalism, Symbolism and Primitivism.”

For more information and to see the NYT’s review of the exhibit click here.

The display will be up until August 5th.

Sidenote:
At the beginning of May the Met had a gala event to kick-off the exhibit and a number of fashion personalities and celebrities showed up. Here are a couple…