Costume in russian style from Paul Poiret

Paul Poiret is a famous French fashion designer of the beginning of the XX century. He is noted for many innovations in costumes. So, he had designed models of clothes by the colourful sketches of Russian painter Leon Baxt for the Russian ballets of  Dyagilev's troupe (Russian Seasons in Paris).

In 1911-1912 Paul Poiret was travelled Russia. Under the influence of this trip he has made an original costume. You can see it on the draw. It is a dress from brown Holland named "Kazan" and a winter fur coat in style of Russian fur coat.

(Kazan is a city in Russian Federation, a capital of Tatarstan.)