Editing Poland (section)

=== Fashion and design ===
{{Further|Category:Polish fashion}}
[[File:Robe à la Polonaise MET DT11155.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.7|Traditional ''[[Polonaise (clothing)|polonaise]]'' dresses, 1780–1785]]

Several Polish designers and stylists left a legacy of beauty inventions and cosmetics; including [[Helena Rubinstein]] and [[Maksymilian Faktorowicz]], who created a line of cosmetics company in California known as [[Max Factor]] and formulated the term "make-up" which is now widely used as an alternative for describing cosmetics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maks Faktorowicz: Polak, który stworzył kosmetyczne imperium |trans-title=Maks Faktorowicz: A Pole who created a cosmetic empire |url=http://kobieta.interia.pl/uroda/news-maks-faktorowicz-polak-ktory-stworzyl-kosmetyczne-imperium,nId,930672 |access-date=24 May 2017 |website=Interia Kobieta |date=7 February 2013 |language=pl}}</ref> Faktorowicz is also credited with inventing modern [[eyelash extensions]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maksymilian Faktorowicz – człowiek, który dał nam sztuczne rzęsy |trans-title=Maksymilian Faktorowicz – a man who gave us false eyelashes |url=http://www.polskieradio.pl/10/501/Artykul/1245535,Maksymilian-Faktorowicz-czlowiek-ktory-dal-nam-sztuczne-rzesy |access-date=24 May 2017 |website=Polskie Radio |language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stella Rose Saint Clair |date=12 February 2014 |title=Makeup Masters: The History of Max Factor |url=https://www.beautylish.com/a/vxspr/the-history-of-max-factor |access-date=24 May 2017 |website=Beautylish}}</ref> As of 2020, Poland possesses the sixth-largest cosmetic market in Europe. [[Inglot Cosmetics]] is the country's largest beauty products manufacturer,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Norbert Ziętal |date=13 July 2013 |title=Przemyski Inglot ma już 400 sklepów na świecie |trans-title=Przemysl Inglot already has 400 stores in the world |url=http://www.strefabiznesu.nowiny24.pl/artykul/przemyski-inglot-ma-juz-400-sklepow-na-swiecie |website=Strefa Biznesu |language=pl}}</ref> and the retail store [[Reserved]] is the country's most successful clothing store chain.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Butler |first=Sarah |date=2 September 2016 |title=Reserved! Polish fashion chain moves into BHS flagship store |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/sep/02/reserved-polish-fashion-chain-moves-into-bhs-flagship-store |access-date=12 March 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

Historically, fashion has been an important aspect of Poland's national consciousness or [[Culture of Poland|cultural manifestation]], and the country developed its own style known as [[Sarmatism]] at the turn of the 17th century.<ref name="Biedronska-Slota 2005">{{Cite book |last=Biedrońska-Słota |first=Beata |url={{GBurl|id=_cPfAAAAMAAJ|q=sarmatism+16th+century}} |title=Crossroads of Costume and Textiles in Poland |date=2005 |publisher=National Museum (Muzeum Narodowe) |isbn=978-83-89424-46-4 |location=Kraków |page=20 |oclc=607873644}}</ref> The national dress and etiquette of Poland also reached the court at [[Versailles]], where French dresses inspired by Polish garments included ''[[Polonaise (clothing)|robe à la polonaise]]'' and the [[witzchoura]]. The scope of influence also entailed furniture; rococo [[Polish bed]]s with [[Canopy bed|canopies]] became fashionable in French châteaus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Wrightsman Collection. Vols. 1 and 2, Furniture, Gilt Bronze and Mounted Porcelain, Carpets |url={{GBurl|id=twGT8P_68lEC|q=lit+a+polonaise+marie+leszczynska|p=586}} |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |via=Google Books}}</ref> Sarmatism eventually faded in the wake of the 18th century.<ref name="Biedronska-Slota 2005" />