In fashion, sadly, “he had found a style he loved and he didn’t move with the times,” says Hohé. A telling anecdote has Poiret coming across Chanel attired in the little black dress which she was to make iconic. “For whom are you in mourning?” he was alleged to have asked. “For you, Monsieur,” came the acid reply.
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