Part 1: Paul Poiret was born on 20 April 1879 in Paris, France. His contribution to twentieth century fashion earned him the title in the eyes of many people of “King of Fashion”, because he established the principle of modern clothing and created the blueprint of the modern fashion industry. Poiret's designs and ideas guided the direction of the history of modern design. He was born into a working-class family and his natural charisma eventually earned him entry into some of the most exclusive ateliers of the Belle Époque. Jacques Doucet, one of the capital's most important couturiers, hired him after seeing promising sketches that he had sold to other tailors. Furthermore, he was hired by the House of Worth and was put to work creating less glamorous and more practical and simple objects because his out-of-the-ordinary designs were not welcomed with open arms by the opulent clientele. Despite this experience he was still confident in his ideas and ventured out on his own with the money his parents earned and opened a shop. Furthermore, he wanted to promote the concept of a "total lifestyle". He was seen as the first couturier to fuse fashion with interior design. His independent work broke the normal conventions of tailoring and overturned its underlying assumptions. He freed the woman's body from the slip and corset to allow clothing to follow the woman's natural shape. He also radically revolutionized tailoring to move from an emphasis surrounding tailoring skills to those based on draping skill and began to use bright colors the art deco movement, which was surrounded by a period of immense social upheaval, particularly for women, and the emergence of technology... middle of paper... ideas can be seen on the catwalks today by over a century after his designs radically entered the fashion scene, Poiret experimented with new elements of style and design using bright colors, draped fabrics, loose designs, and oriental-inspired designs. I believe his designs were important to his motivation to experiment with radical design motifs out of the ordinary. His designs illustrated many characteristics of the early art deco movement through the use of rich colors, lavish ornamentation, and emerging cultural changes. Although he left the prominent fashion scene after the First World War, I believe that most designers who came after him walked away and were inspired by his creative and imaginative approach to design. Poiret pioneered modern fashion and gave women the ability to comfortably embrace a confident way of thinking.