Artistic Dress Movement - Influence On Mainstream Fashion

Influence On Mainstream Fashion

From artistic circles, artistic and aesthetic dress spread to fashionable ones. The delicate, lightly corseted tea gowns of the turn of the 20th century echo the lines of late aesthetic dress, and in their turn paved the way for the early Art Deco creations of Paul Poiret.

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