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Until 11 January 2026: PAUL POIRET: Fashion is a Feast
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
Towneley Hall, Burnley, as part of the British Textiles Biennial
Hailed as the designer who freed women from corsets, Paul Poiret (18791944) designed his garments to be worn with comfort and style. His home was in Paris, where his father was a the ideal profession for raising drapera future couturier, who used draping to create his imaginative garments.
At Paul Poiret: Fashion is a Feast, visitors see moving images of Poiret drafting garments on his model and looking at the viewer, bridging his era and ours. "Whatever the field, I put my temperament and sensitivity into all I did," Poiret wrote in his 1930 memoir, En Habillant l'époque (On Dressing This Age). The exhibit highlights Poiret's life and work. Creative and versatile, he drew, painted, designed fabrics, created perfumes, befriended artists, and collected modern art. The 550 items on display reveal Poiret's wide influence on French style, an influence still felt today.
Entry to Towneley Hall costs € 15.00 for adults . Admission is free for visitors aged 18 and under.
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