Jacques Doucet
Couturier and art collector
Paris couturier known for light, lace-laden dresses in pastels around 1900, and for his art collection.
Jacques Doucet took over his family’s linen and lace business and made it one of the leading houses in Paris.
He employed the young Paul Poiret and Madeleine Vionnet and later collected modern art; he bought Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon.