Jacques Doucet (fashion designer)

Jacques Doucet ( born February 19, 1853 in Paris, † October 30, 1929 ) was a French fashion designer, art collector and patron.

Life and work

His career began with the design of materials and stage costumes, but in 1871 he offered in his father's also elegant evening dresses, which was heavily inspired by the fashion of Charles Frederick Worth. Under the impression of the designs of Paul Poiret, who until 1900 worked from 1896 in his fashion house, and the dress reform movement, he turned to a more avant-garde style.

Art Collector

Doucet built himself as a wealthy man on a collection of drawings, paintings and furniture. He earned among other things the end of 1924 the Demoiselles d' Avignon by Picasso for his art collection. The recommendation came from André Breton, who was employed part-time as a librarian at Doucet and artistic advisor.

Aftermath

Jacques Doucet also entered the world literature: Marcel Proust mentions him in his novel In Search of Lost Time:

" D' ailleurs, il ya peu de couturiers, un ou deux, Callot, quoique donnant un peu trop dans la Dentelle, Doucet, Cheruit, quelquefois Paquin. Le reste sont of horreurs. "

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His heirs taught in Avignon for its collections a the Musée Anglandon.