Before Chanel, Poiret
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If you haven’t already visited “Chanel,” the exhibit of the fashion house’s iconic designs currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art – wait. Last week, the Drouot auction house in Paris hosted a historic preview and sale of the 20th century’s other modern master: Paul Poiret. Those fashion-lovers lucky enough to call and order a catalog before they sell out will receive a subtle lesson in Chanel that even the Met doesn’t show. This beautifully produced, two-volume boxed set illustrates the entire Poiret family archive.
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