Paul Poiret in particular was fascinating. He contributed a great deal to women changing from corsets and Victorian dresses to less confining underwear and his very light Parisian dresses, oo-la-lah!
A little quote from the book showing Faith's Poiret dress. They have arrived at Baron Empain's palace:
Though the style of her gown was foreign to him, she wore it beautifully. A many layered sheath-like dress with a high waist wrapped in red, each layer of it was a different bright color -- burgundy, red gauze, red and gold velvet, with black at the very bottom near her ankles. The one thing missing was a necklace and he mused on the effect of a heavy gold collar locked around her white skin.
Most of the guests seemed to have arrived already and he and Faith were alone in their walk up the several flights of wide stone steps and past the four stone-carved Hindu lions that guarded this grand entryway.
“This is so unusual and impressive,” Faith said huskily.
He bent his head toward her. “It is. The Baron based it on the Angkor Wat temple in the Protectorate of Cambodia. There are all manner of erotic statues out in the gardens.” One more flight of steps and they’d reach the front doors.
A little quote from the book showing Faith's Poiret dress. They have arrived at Baron Empain's palace:
Though the style of her gown was foreign to him, she wore it beautifully. A many layered sheath-like dress with a high waist wrapped in red, each layer of it was a different bright color -- burgundy, red gauze, red and gold velvet, with black at the very bottom near her ankles. The one thing missing was a necklace and he mused on the effect of a heavy gold collar locked around her white skin.
Most of the guests seemed to have arrived already and he and Faith were alone in their walk up the several flights of wide stone steps and past the four stone-carved Hindu lions that guarded this grand entryway.
“This is so unusual and impressive,” Faith said huskily.
He bent his head toward her. “It is. The Baron based it on the Angkor Wat temple in the Protectorate of Cambodia. There are all manner of erotic statues out in the gardens.” One more flight of steps and they’d reach the front doors.