Which 2007 Met Gala exhibition was devoted to the French couturier Paul Poiret?

The 2007 Met Gala exhibition devoted to Paul Poiret was titled “Poiret: King of Fashion.”

The exhibition celebrated the French couturier whose work helped define early twentieth-century modern fashion. Poiret became famous for abandoning restrictive corsetry in many designs and for introducing richly colored, loosely shaped garments influenced by a wide range of artistic and cultural sources.

Poiret also treated fashion as a complete lifestyle. He created perfumes, staged elaborate parties and promoted interior decoration and decorative arts alongside clothing. These activities helped establish the modern idea of a designer as a broader creative brand.

The exhibition title is sometimes shortened informally to “King of Fashion,” but its full title is “Poiret: King of Fashion.” It is distinct from later Met exhibitions about Chanel, Alexander McQueen, Rei Kawakubo and other twentieth- and twenty-first-century designers.