Editing Paul Poiret (section)

==Personal life==
In 1905, Poiret married Denise Boulet, a provincial girl; they would later have five children together.<ref name=vogue/> Denise, a slender and youthful woman, was Poiret's muse and the prototype of [[Flapper|la garçonne]].<ref name=met/> In 1913, Poiret told Vogue, "My wife is the inspiration for all my creations; she is the expression of all my ideals."<ref name=met/> The two later were divorced, in 1928 after twenty-three years of marriage, in a proceeding that was far from amicable due to Poiret's many affairs.<ref name=vogue/>