Poiret, Pochoir, and Dressing Modernism
with Kevin Jones of ASU-FIDM
Wednesday, May 20th
7 - 9 PM PDT
Though Paul Poiret had worked in the world of haute couture for Jacques Doucet and then at the venerable House of Worth, he had not yet achieved the recognition he craved. But after establishing his own maison in 1903, his bold move away from soft pastel bodice-and-skirt pairings, completely reliant on corseted foundations, electrified fashion, ushering in new silhouettes and brilliant color. A masterful self-promoter, Poiret published a fashion album in 1908 with the technically challenging pochoir process to spread his design gospel. It met with instant acclaim. Three years later, Poiret triumphed again with a second album. Perfumes and interior design followed, and the modern concept of a fashion brand was born.
Join us as Kevin leads us through the whole history of Paul Poiret.
The Zoom link will be emailed on 5/19/26. This lecture will not be recorded.
Meet the instructor:
KEVIN JONES joined the FIDM Museum (now the ASU FIDM Museum at the downtown Los Angeles campus of Arizona State University) as collections manager in 1999, and was appointed curator in 2002. He oversees the Museum’s more than 15,000-piece dress collection that spans 400 years of history. Born in Ventura, CA, Kevin studied fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising and art
history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Kevin’s fashion and social history expertise encompasses the eighteenth through the twenty-first centuries, and his diverse exhibitions cover Hollywood to high fashion. In 2009, Kevin co-curated the Richard Martin Award-winning exhibition, catalogue, and documentary High Style: Betsy Bloomingdale and the Haute Couture. In 2011, he co-curated the exhibition and catalogue FABULOUS! Ten Years of FIDM Museum Acquisitions, 2000-2010. And in partnership with the American Federation of Arts, he co-curated the 2021 exhibition Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girl 1800 to 1960, which recently completed a three-year, nationwide tour, and is scheduled to open at the ASU FIDM Museum Galleries during the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The accompanying 344-page catalogue won the Costume Society of America’s prestigious Millia Davenport Publication Award.
Registration fee: $15 for CGW Members
$20 for non-members
Tickets on sale through May 18, 2026. Zoom links will be emailed to students on May 19, 2026, after 5 pm PT. (This lecture will not be recorded for later viewing. It is a live Zoom lecture.)
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