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					<description><![CDATA[<p>*** English version below *** « Le musée des Arts décoratifs présente sa première grande monographie dédiée à Paul Poiret (1879-1944), figure incontournable de la haute</p>
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<p><span style="color: #800080;"><em>*** English version below ***</em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="cf0"><!--StartFragment --><em>« Le musée des Arts décoratifs présente sa première grande monographie dédiée à Paul Poiret (1879-1944), figure incontournable de la haute couture parisienne du début du XXe siècle. Considéré comme le libérateur du corps féminin pour l’avoir décorseté, Paul Poiret a rénové la mode. »</em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="cf0">Voici les quelques mots qui présentent l&rsquo;expo « Paul Poiret, la mode est une fête » qui a actuellement lieu au MAD. J&rsquo;ai longtemps hésité à aller voir cette exposition, car quiconque vit au XXIe siècle et s&rsquo;intéresse à la mode ancienne sait que Paul Poiret est un <strong>créateur très problématique</strong>. J&rsquo;ai finalement décidé d&rsquo;y aller avant de juger, et&#8230; j&rsquo;en suis ressortie choquée par cette <strong>master class de colonialisme décomplexé et d&rsquo;appropriation culturelle glorifiée</strong>. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="cf0">Explications :</span></p>
<p><span class="cf0"><br />
<a href="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/vignette_expo_citazine_poiret_mad_def.jpg?ssl=1"><img data-recalc-dims="1" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="4116" data-permalink="https://tempsdelegance.com/master-class-dappropriation-culturelle-au-mad/vignette_expo_citazine_poiret_mad_def/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/vignette_expo_citazine_poiret_mad_def.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1200,675" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Expo Poiret" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/vignette_expo_citazine_poiret_mad_def.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/vignette_expo_citazine_poiret_mad_def.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1" class="aligncenter wp-image-4116 size-large" src="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/vignette_expo_citazine_poiret_mad_def.jpg?resize=800%2C450&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="800" height="450" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/vignette_expo_citazine_poiret_mad_def.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/vignette_expo_citazine_poiret_mad_def.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/vignette_expo_citazine_poiret_mad_def.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/vignette_expo_citazine_poiret_mad_def.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a><br />
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<h3><strong><span class="cf0">Paul Poiret peut-il encore être exposé comme le MAD le fait en 2025 ?</span></strong></h3>
<h3><em><strong><span class="cf0"> Réponse : NON.</span></strong></em></h3>
<p><span class="cf0">Poiret est souvent présenté comme un visionnaire de la mode, un artiste audacieux qui aurait libéré le corps féminin du corset au début du XXe siècle. C’est en tout cas le récit que nous propose le Musée des Arts Décoratifs (MAD) dans son exposition « Poiret, la mode est une fête », ouverte en 2025. Mais à la lumière des outils critiques du XXIe siècle,</span><span class="cf1"> notamment ceux qui permettent d’analyser les rapports coloniaux, l’orientalisme et l’appropriation culturelle, <strong>cette c</strong></span><span class="cf0"><strong>élébration sans nuance interroge profondément</strong>.</span></p>
<p>Mais, commençons par le début, dès l&rsquo;arrivée, nous sommes accueillis par ce texte :</p>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG1.jpg?ssl=1"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="4117" data-permalink="https://tempsdelegance.com/master-class-dappropriation-culturelle-au-mad/img1/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG1.jpg?fit=477%2C412&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="477,412" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="IMG1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG1.jpg?fit=300%2C259&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG1.jpg?fit=477%2C412&amp;ssl=1" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4117" src="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG1.jpg?resize=300%2C259&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="259" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG1.jpg?resize=300%2C259&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG1.jpg?w=477&amp;ssl=1 477w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></p>
<p><span class="cf0"><!--StartFragment -->Okayyyyyyyyy ! Et ça c&rsquo;est du ton admiratif et totalement dépolitisé. </span><span class="cf0">Paul Poiret est qualifié de « roi de la mode », de « novateur », de « personnage romanesque ». Un joli résumé de ce que sera l&rsquo;exposition : un hommage plein de ferveur pour cet homme qui a allégrement pillé les cultures non occidentales, sans jamais convoquer la moindre voix critique ni présenter ces « inspirations » sans lesquelles il ne serait rien.</span></p>
<p><strong>Balade en plein colonialisme</strong></p>
<p>On continue la visite. L<span class="cf0">es mots qui jalonnent le parcours </span><span class="cf1">— « fantasme oriental », « exotisme », « puissance onirique », « qu</span><span class="cf0">ête d’authenticité » </span><span class="cf1">— trahissent une fascination intacte pour l’imaginaire colonial. </span><span class="cf1">On ne parle ni de colonisation, ni de domination, ni m</span><span class="cf0">ême de contexte politique. Il ne faudrait pas fâcher les personnes qui veulent juste voir des belles étoffes arrangées avec goût sans se poser trop de questions. </span><span class="cf0">Le visiteur est invité à admirer, sans distance, un homme blanc qui a puisé dans les cultures d’Asie et d’Afrique du Nord, pour en faire de « l’art moderne » et être admiré pour ça.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG2.jpg?ssl=1"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="4118" data-permalink="https://tempsdelegance.com/master-class-dappropriation-culturelle-au-mad/img2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG2.jpg?fit=829%2C708&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="829,708" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="IMG2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG2.jpg?fit=300%2C256&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG2.jpg?fit=800%2C683&amp;ssl=1" class="aligncenter wp-image-4118" src="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG2.jpg?resize=800%2C683&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="800" height="683" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG2.jpg?w=829&amp;ssl=1 829w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG2.jpg?resize=300%2C256&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG2.jpg?resize=768%2C656&amp;ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a><a href="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/robes-poiret.jpg?ssl=1"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="4119" data-permalink="https://tempsdelegance.com/master-class-dappropriation-culturelle-au-mad/robes-poiret/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/robes-poiret.jpg?fit=1202%2C707&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1202,707" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="robes poiret" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/robes-poiret.jpg?fit=300%2C176&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/robes-poiret.jpg?fit=800%2C470&amp;ssl=1" class="aligncenter wp-image-4119 size-large" src="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/robes-poiret.jpg?resize=800%2C470&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="800" height="470" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/robes-poiret.jpg?resize=1024%2C602&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/robes-poiret.jpg?resize=300%2C176&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/robes-poiret.jpg?resize=768%2C452&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/robes-poiret.jpg?w=1202&amp;ssl=1 1202w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></p>
<p><span class="cf0">« Mandchoue », « Exotique », « Martinique ». Des noms de robes qui racontent l’effacement de cultures entières, réduites à des silhouettes à fantasmer. Et les cartels ? </span><span class="cf0">Pas de réelle mention mention d’une tradition textile, aucun dialogue culturel : peut-être parce que, justement, Paul Poiret s&rsquo;en souciait moins que créer de la « nouveauté » pour ses riches clientes européennes blasées par la mode européenne ? Mais dites-moi les équipes du MAD, on est plus au début du XXe siècle en fait.</span></p>
<p><span class="cf0">Certes, pour dépoussiérer un peu le truc, l&rsquo;expo appose en face des vêtements anciens des créateurs plus récents pour montrer à quel point Poiret a inspiré. Donc&#8230; pour résumer : la culture non-européenne a inspiré Poiret, et Poiret à inspiré des créateurs de mode modernes. Du balais les cultures en question, la mode est une chose sérieuse, on ne va pas vous citer quand même, non mais ! Et al</span><span class="cf0">lons jusqu&rsquo;au bout de la blague, étant donné que certains de ces créateurs sont, eux aussi, hautement problématiques.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_4120" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4120" style="width: 800px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ExpoPoiret.jpg?ssl=1"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="4120" data-permalink="https://tempsdelegance.com/master-class-dappropriation-culturelle-au-mad/expopoiret/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ExpoPoiret.jpg?fit=1081%2C695&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1081,695" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="ExpoPoiret" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ExpoPoiret.jpg?fit=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ExpoPoiret.jpg?fit=800%2C514&amp;ssl=1" class="wp-image-4120 size-large" src="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ExpoPoiret.jpg?resize=800%2C514&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="800" height="514" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ExpoPoiret.jpg?resize=1024%2C658&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ExpoPoiret.jpg?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ExpoPoiret.jpg?resize=768%2C494&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ExpoPoiret.jpg?w=1081&amp;ssl=1 1081w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4120" class="wp-caption-text">Ce sont les vrais cartels. Oui, oui.</figcaption></figure>
<p>Allez, on continue encore :</p>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG4.jpg?ssl=1"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="4121" data-permalink="https://tempsdelegance.com/master-class-dappropriation-culturelle-au-mad/img4/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG4.jpg?fit=606%2C510&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="606,510" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="IMG4" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG4.jpg?fit=300%2C252&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG4.jpg?fit=606%2C510&amp;ssl=1" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4121" src="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG4.jpg?resize=300%2C252&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="252" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG4.jpg?resize=300%2C252&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG4.jpg?w=606&amp;ssl=1 606w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></p>
<p><span class="cf0"> C&rsquo;est qu&rsquo;il nous manquait encore le pillage travesti en « voyage artistique » dites-donc ! </span><span class="cf0">Poiret est présenté comme un explorateur curieux, un esprit libre enrichi par les voyages. Sa croisière de 1910 en Méditerranée </span><span class="cf1">— </span><span class="cf0">à travers des territoires alors colonisés ou semi-colonisés </span><span class="cf1">— est d</span><span class="cf0">écrite comme une « mission de recherche destinée à servir la mode ». Il y « observe » des turbans, des sarouels, des broderies, pour ensuite les réinterpréter à sa guise. Ce cartel illustre de manière frappante le <strong data-start="97" data-end="126">regard colonial romantisé</strong> et <strong data-start="130" data-end="184">l’appropriation culturelle revendiquée sans détour</strong>, sous couvert de “quête d’authenticité”. </span><span class="cf0">Paul Poiret ne collabore pas avec des créateur·ices locaux·les, il ne crédite pas ses sources, il ne restitue rien. Il prélève, extrait, transforme, et signe le tout de son nom (parce que c&rsquo;est lui le boss on vous dit !).</span></p>
<p><strong><span class="cf0"> Une exposition qui perpétue le récit colonial</span></strong></p>
<p><span class="cf0">Ce que le MAD semble oublier </span><span class="cf1">— ou taire d</span><span class="cf0">élibérément </span><span class="cf1">—, c’est que la production de Poiret s’inscrit dans un contexte imp</span><span class="cf0">érialiste. La France des années 1910 est une puissance coloniale majeure, et la mode ne se développe pas en dehors de ces rapports de force. Les tissus ou les formes « exotiques » ne tombent pas du ciel : ils viennent de réseaux commerciaux fondés sur l’exploitation. Les motifs « venus d’ailleurs » ne sont pas des curiosités gratuites : ce sont des fragments de cultures vivantes, souvent niées, dominées ou méprisées par ceux-là mêmes qui les utilisent.</span></p>
<p><span class="cf0">En refusant de problématiser cela, l’exposition ne se contente pas de célébrer Poiret : elle prolonge son geste. Elle valide, en 2025, l’idée qu’un créateur peut piller sans vergogne ce qu’il veut, tant que le résultat est « joli », « féérique », ou « onirique ».</span></p>
<h3><strong><span class="cf0"> Montrer, oui. Célébrer sans questionner, non.</span></strong></h3>
<p><strong>Cancel Poiret ?</strong></p>
<p><span class="cf0">Faut-il pour autant oublier Poiret ? Non. Il fait partie de l’histoire de la mode, c&rsquo;est même l&rsquo;un des grands noms, et il mérite d’être étudié ou exposé. Mais le montrer, lui qui a tant pillé les autres cultures, sans recul, sans contrepoint, sans critique est une faute muséale grave à mon sens. </span></p>
<p><span class="cf0">Une exposition responsable aurait pu :<br />
&#8211; </span><span class="cf0">faire dialoguer ses </span><span class="cf2">œuvres avec celles de cr</span><span class="cf0">éateurs non-occidentaux des cultures concernées,<br />
</span><span class="cf0">&#8211; contextualiser son travail dans un cadre colonial,<br />
</span><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">&#8211; interroger les héritages de l’orientalisme dans la mode contemporaine.</span></p>
<p><strong><span class="cf0">À la place, on nous invite à une fête sans conscience, sans mémoire et sans gêne.</span></strong></p>
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<p><em>« L&rsquo;appropriation culturelle</em><br />
<em data-wp-editing="1">Histoire, domination et création : aux origines d&rsquo;un pillage occidental »</em><br />
<em>par Khénaïs Ben Lakhdar aux éditions Stock</em></p>
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<p>Vous pouvez d&rsquo;ailleurs l&rsquo;acheter <a href="https://www.editions-stock.fr/livre/lappropriation-culturelle-9782234095816/">&gt;&gt;ici&lt;&lt;</a></p>
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<p class="pf0" style="text-align: center;"><em><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">« The Musée des Arts Décoratifs presents its first major monographic exhibition dedicated to Paul Poiret (1879–1944), an iconic figure of early 20th-century Parisian haute couture. Considered the liberator of the female body for having banished the corset, Paul Poiret revolutionized fashion. »</span></em></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">These are the opening words of the exhibition “Paul Poiret, Fashion is a Celebration”, currently on display at the MAD or Paris. I hesitated for a long time before going, because anyone living in the 21st century and interested in historical fashion knows that Paul Poiret is a <strong>highly problematic designer</strong>. I finally decided to see it before judging and&#8230; I walked out shocked by this unapologetic masterclass in colonialism and glorified cultural appropriation.</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">Let me explain :</span></p>
<h3 class="pf0"><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">&#8212;</span></h3>
<h3 class="pf0"><strong><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">Can Paul Poiret still be celebrated like this in 2025?</span></strong></h3>
<h3 class="pf0"><em><strong><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">Short answer: NO</span></strong></em></h3>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">Poiret is often presented as a visionary, a bold artist who liberated women from the corset in the early 1900s. That’s certainly the story the Musée des Arts Décoratifs wants us to believe with its 2025 exhibition “Poiret, Fashion is a Celebration”. But with the critical tools of the 21st century — tools that help us unpack colonial power dynamics, orientalism, and cultural appropriation — this glowing, unnuanced celebration becomes deeply troubling.</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">And it starts right at the entrance :</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG1.jpg?ssl=1"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="4117" data-permalink="https://tempsdelegance.com/master-class-dappropriation-culturelle-au-mad/img1/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG1.jpg?fit=477%2C412&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="477,412" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="IMG1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG1.jpg?fit=300%2C259&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG1.jpg?fit=477%2C412&amp;ssl=1" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4117" src="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG1.jpg?resize=300%2C259&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="259" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG1.jpg?resize=300%2C259&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG1.jpg?w=477&amp;ssl=1 477w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">Okayyyyyyyyy! What a tone — admiring, depoliticized, and uncritical. Poiret is hailed as a « king of fashion, » a « pioneer, » a « romantic figure. » It perfectly sets the tone for what follows: a wholehearted tribute to a man who gleefully plundered non-Western cultures, with not a single critical voice or acknowledgment of the “inspirations” without which he would have had very little to offer.</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">&#8212;</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><strong><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">A walk through colonial fantasy</span></strong></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">As the exhibit unfolds, the words guiding visitors through the rooms — “oriental fantasy,” “exoticism,” “dreamlike power,” “quest for authenticity” — reveal a continuing fascination with the colonial imagination. There’s not a word about colonization, power imbalance, or political context. We wouldn’t want to upset those who just came to admire pretty fabrics arranged tastefully, now would we?</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">The visitor is invited to gaze admiringly, without distance, at a white man who mined Asian and North African cultures to create “modern art” — and is praised for it.</span></p>

<a href='https://tempsdelegance.com/master-class-dappropriation-culturelle-au-mad/img2/'><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="256" src="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG2.jpg?fit=300%2C256&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG2.jpg?w=829&amp;ssl=1 829w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG2.jpg?resize=300%2C256&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG2.jpg?resize=768%2C656&amp;ssl=1 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="4118" data-permalink="https://tempsdelegance.com/master-class-dappropriation-culturelle-au-mad/img2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG2.jpg?fit=829%2C708&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="829,708" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="IMG2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG2.jpg?fit=300%2C256&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG2.jpg?fit=800%2C683&amp;ssl=1" /></a>
<a href='https://tempsdelegance.com/master-class-dappropriation-culturelle-au-mad/robes-poiret/'><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="176" src="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/robes-poiret.jpg?fit=300%2C176&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/robes-poiret.jpg?w=1202&amp;ssl=1 1202w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/robes-poiret.jpg?resize=300%2C176&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/robes-poiret.jpg?resize=1024%2C602&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/robes-poiret.jpg?resize=768%2C452&amp;ssl=1 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="4119" data-permalink="https://tempsdelegance.com/master-class-dappropriation-culturelle-au-mad/robes-poiret/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/robes-poiret.jpg?fit=1202%2C707&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1202,707" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="robes poiret" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/robes-poiret.jpg?fit=300%2C176&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/robes-poiret.jpg?fit=800%2C470&amp;ssl=1" /></a>

<p class="pf0"><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">“Mandchoue.” “Exotic.” “Martinique.” These are the names of Poiret&rsquo;s dresses — and they speak volumes. They reduce entire cultures to fantasy silhouettes. And the museum labels? They make no real mention of any textile tradition or cultural dialogue. Perhaps because Poiret cared more about inventing “novelty” for his bored European elite clients than about respecting the cultures he borrowed from?</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">But MAD team — newsflash — this isn’t 1910 anymore.</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">To freshen things up, the exhibit places some of Poiret’s designs alongside pieces by modern designers who were “inspired by him.” So&#8230; let me get this straight: non-European cultures inspired Poiret, Poiret inspired contemporary designers, and the original cultures get no mention? Because fashion is serious business, and we don&rsquo;t cite our sources, thank you very much. Oh, and to top it all off — some of the featured designers are themselves&#8230; highly problematic.</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ExpoPoiret.jpg?ssl=1"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="4120" data-permalink="https://tempsdelegance.com/master-class-dappropriation-culturelle-au-mad/expopoiret/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ExpoPoiret.jpg?fit=1081%2C695&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1081,695" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="ExpoPoiret" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ExpoPoiret.jpg?fit=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ExpoPoiret.jpg?fit=800%2C514&amp;ssl=1" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4120" src="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ExpoPoiret.jpg?resize=300%2C193&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="193" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ExpoPoiret.jpg?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ExpoPoiret.jpg?resize=1024%2C658&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ExpoPoiret.jpg?resize=768%2C494&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ExpoPoiret.jpg?w=1081&amp;ssl=1 1081w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">These are actual museum labels. I’m not making this up.</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><strong><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">And now: pillaging disguised as an “artistic voyage”</span></strong></p>
<p class="pf0"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG4.jpg?ssl=1"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="4121" data-permalink="https://tempsdelegance.com/master-class-dappropriation-culturelle-au-mad/img4/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG4.jpg?fit=606%2C510&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="606,510" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="IMG4" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG4.jpg?fit=300%2C252&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG4.jpg?fit=606%2C510&amp;ssl=1" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4121" src="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG4.jpg?resize=300%2C252&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="252" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG4.jpg?resize=300%2C252&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/tempsdelegance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG4.jpg?w=606&amp;ssl=1 606w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse: Paul Poiret is presented as a curious explorer, a free spirit enriched by travel. His 1910 Mediterranean cruise — through colonized or semi-colonized lands — is described as a « research mission intended to serve fashion. » He “observes” turbans, sarouels, embroidery&#8230; and reinterprets them as he pleases.</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">This exhibit text illustrates, in the starkest terms, a <strong>romanticized colonial gaze</strong> and <strong>a shameless celebration of cultural appropriation</strong>, all wrapped up in a poetic quest for “authenticity.” Paul Poiret did not collaborate with local artisans. He did not credit his sources. He did not give back. He extracted, transformed, and signed everything with his name (because he was the boss, obviously).</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><strong><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">An exhibition that perpetuates the colonial narrative</span></strong></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">What the MAD seems to forget — or deliberately omit — is that Poiret’s work was entirely embedded in an imperialist context. France in the 1910s was a major colonial power, and fashion did not exist outside those systems of domination. The “exotic” fabrics and silhouettes didn’t fall from the sky — they came from trade routes built on exploitation. The “foreign” motifs weren’t harmless curiosities — they were fragments of living cultures, often silenced or despised by the very people who used them for fashion.</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">By refusing to interrogate this, the exhibition doesn’t just celebrate Poiret : it <strong>extends his gesture</strong>. In 2025, it validates the idea that a designer can shamelessly plunder whatever they want, as long as the final product is “pretty,” “whimsical,” or “dreamy.”</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><strong><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">Show him? Yes. Celebrate him uncritically? Absolutely not.</span></strong></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">Should we cancel Poiret altogether? No. He is part of fashion history, and one of the big names, and he deserves to be studied and shown. </span><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;"><strong>But to exhibit a designer who built his legacy on cultural plunder without critical context, without nuance, without counterpoints? That, to me, is a serious curatorial failure</strong>.</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">A responsible exhibition could have:<br />
</span><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">&#8211; Juxtaposed Poiret’s work with that of non-Western designers from the cultures he borrowed from;<br />
</span><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">&#8211; Placed his output within the framework of colonial history;<br />
</span><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">&#8211; Questioned the legacy of orientalism in contemporary fashion.</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><strong><span class="cf0" style="color: #800080;">Instead, we’re invited to a party with no memory, no shame, and no self-awareness.</span></strong></p>
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