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In 1910 he was commissioned by the designer Paul Poiret to illustrate the follow-up to his successful fashion album ‘Les Robes de Paul Poiret’. Lepape's illustrations for ‘Les Choses de Paul Poiret’ brought him instant fame and with that came many opportunities for other fashion assignments. He became a major Art Deco fashion illustrator with his work published in leading Parisian periodicals.\r\n\r\nThe clothes of the bowing black child servant in this illustration reveal the influence of 'Orientalism' upon the Art Deco style. Both Poiret and Lepape were inspired by the costume designs created by Leon Bakst for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, which saw female characters wearing turbans and ‘harem pants’. The servant also reflects the Parisian passion for all things ‘African’. 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