Jacques Doucet

Jacques Doucet (1853 - 1929) was a French fashion designer, known for his elegant clothes, made with translucent material overlaying flimy in pastel colours.
He was born in Paris in 1853 to a prosperous family whose fine lingerie and underwear business, Clothes Doucet had flourushed on the Rue de la Paix since 1816. In 1871, Doucet opened a salon sale of ladies garments. An enthusiastic collector of the eighteenth century furniture, objets d'art, paintings and sculptures, many of their gowns were heavily influenced by this opulent era. A designer taste and discrimination, dignity and value Doucet luxury above the novelty and practicality and, therefore, little by little came out of popularity during the 1920's. By far his most original designs are those he created for actresses of the era. Cecile Sorel, Rejane and Sarah Bernhardt (for whom he designed his famous white suit in L'Aiglon) often carrying all their equipment, both inside and outside the arena. For the aforementioned actresses reserves a certain style, which consisted of low cost lines winding curvándose ruffles and lace colors of the flowers faded.
A passionate collector of art and literature throughout his life, at the time of his death had a magnificent collection of Post-Impressionist and Cubist paintings (including "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon", which was purchased directly in the study Picasso), and as two libraries of manuscripts of contemporary authors, both of whom left to the French nation.
Though little remembered today, had once been matched to the tastes of Charles Worth and Jeanne Paquin and hitherto fashion is remembered by historians as one of the great old masters of fashion design.