French “Fashion King” Victim Of “La Made”
(Rec. 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, April 30 Paul Poirot. French “fashion king.’
who travelled the world in search of beauty and made and lost millions of Hanes. died in Paris penniless, states the “Daily Express.” Poirot’s spring show in 1909 was a shock to the British Government when Lady Oxford and Asquith (then Mrs. Asquith) invited Poiret to display 100 spring models at No. 10 Downing Street. Poiret's extravagance ruined him. Guests at one of his shows consumed 1000 bottles ol' champagne. He finished up doing odd jobs in a cocktail bar conducted by one of his former mannequins.
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Northern Advocate, 1 May 1944, Page 5
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