Early career Early in his career, Doeuillet worked as a business manager at the
fashion house of
Callot Soeurs, prior to establishing her own fashion house
Vionnet. In 1900, Doeuillet opened his maison at 18
Place Vendôme in Paris. He was the first designer to locate his maison in the
Place Vendôme before other fashion houses followed him to this location. Doeuillet designed the dresses for the first performance at the
Théâtre Mogador when it opened in 1913. that influenced a generation of fashion designers who incorporated such styles into their collections. In 1914, in reference to his influential introduction of the cocktail dress, he was quoted by
Vogue as saying, "[these] styles are much younger and prettier. In fact, I think we now have the most beautiful style that has been evolved in modern times. It is so good that we can't change it. The women who wear fine clothes insist upon keeping essentially the same silhouette and they are quite right." He was known for his refined and elegant design style. The French Government supported the couture "old masters" including Doeuillet during World War I. They sent dresses from their prestigious designers to demonstrate French fashion at the
Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915. Dresses designed by Georges Doeuillet can be found at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the
Musée des Arts Décoratifs at the
Louvre in Paris, the
Fabyan Villa Museum in
Geneva, Illinois, and at
Alingsås Museeum in
Alingsås, Sweden.
Death Georges Doeuillet died on 20 March 1934, in his flat, which was located at 34
avenue Montaigne in Paris. ==References==