The Musée des Arts Décoratifs celebrates France’s ‘king of fashion’, who married haute couture to art

The Musée des Arts Décoratifs celebrates France’s ‘king of fashion’, who married haute couture to art

Paul Poiret was the self-proclaimed “King of Fashion” in early 20th-century Paris. His designs helped make fashion an art form, freeing women’s bodies from corsets with fantastical garments such as harem pantaloons and lampshade tunics. He introduced bold colours inspired by Fauvism and collaborated with artists such as Raoul Dufy, Maurice de Vlaminck, Paul Iribe…

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Haute hosts third and final spring fashion show with 'C.N.T: Couture's Next Thing' | Arts & Culture

Haute hosts third and final spring fashion show with ‘C.N.T: Couture’s Next Thing’ | Arts & Culture

Boots clanked, eyes rolled and whips cracked as models strutted down the runway to Charli xcx, Aliyah’s Interlude and drag music Monday evening on Miller Learning Center’s Head Terrace. This was the University of Georgia Haute Creatives Collective’s third and final annual fashion show, titled “Couture’s Next Thing (C.N.T.).” As golden hour washed over the…

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