Ballets Russes
Ballets Russes ("Russian Ballet") -created in 1909 by the Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilev, originally housed in the Théâtre Mogador in Paris, then in Monte Carlo. Worked for Diaghilev's death in 1929. Stars of the team were: Vaslav Nijinsky, Anna Pavlova, Mathilde Krzesińska.
Inthe repertoire the group was based on the synthesis of the arts: classical dance, painting (set design), poetry / novel (libretto). Changes introduced: choreographers - Mikhail Fokine, Vaslav Nijinsky then (creator of ballets choreographed to "Afternoon of a Faun", "Games") and his sister, Bronislaw (ballet "The Wedding"), set designers - Leon Bakst ("Scheherazade," "Afternoon of a Faun" , "The Spirit of the Rose"), Alexander Benois ("Pavilion of Armida"), Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso ("cocked hat").
Inthe repertoire the group was based on the synthesis of the arts: classical dance, painting (set design), poetry / novel (libretto). Changes introduced: choreographers - Mikhail Fokine, Vaslav Nijinsky then (creator of ballets choreographed to "Afternoon of a Faun", "Games") and his sister, Bronislaw (ballet "The Wedding"), set designers - Leon Bakst ("Scheherazade," "Afternoon of a Faun" , "The Spirit of the Rose"), Alexander Benois ("Pavilion of Armida"), Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso ("cocked hat").
1911 New Silhouette
The tea dress start to be a evening dress. - Empire line – straight vertical lines, high waist.
Poiret became very famous and the most exiting couturier the First World War.
Between 1900 and 1914 many women adapted Piorets “hobble skirt”
This slim silhouette was complimented by oversized hats
World War I
World War I - an armed conflict lasting from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918 (in the twenties and thirties of the twentieth century called the great war) between the Entente, which included the United Kingdom, France, Russia, Serbia, Japan, Italy (since 1915) , United States (since 1917) and the Central Powers: Austria-Hungary and Germany, supported by Turkey and Bulgaria.
The effects of war began to effect high societyPeople no longer made financial outlay for luxury coutureMany male couturiers signed up for serviceLeaving women in charge.
Fashionable clothes were still created and sold but it did not seem right to appear in the on the street. A skirt and pullover seemed more appropriate.
Channel did very well with her jersey suits which suited the times perfectly. After the Deauvielle she opened a boutique in Biarritz and refuges from Paris who arrived at the seaside resorts 'with nothing', queued for the modest new outfits, which were worn without any jewellery or decoration...
After the War
Women didn't wanted to give up their freedom which the war had forced on them. Morals had changed and so had clothes: both had become looser.
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