An edition of The house of worth, 1858-1954 (2017)
The house of worth, 1858-1954
the birth of haute couture
By Chantal Trubert-Tollu
Publish Date
2017
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Language
eng
Pages
335
Description:
Charles Frederick Worth would go on to build the most prominent, innovative, and successful fashion house of the century. He was inspired by a love of fine art, luxurious fabrics, and his vision of the female ideal, and was the first to set out to dictate new styles and silhouettes to his elite clientele? Not the other way around. He hosted them in his rue de la Paix salons, which included groundbreaking sportswear and maternity departments as well as silk, velvet, and brocade rooms, and a special salon with closed shutters and gas lighting designed to allow clients to try on ball gowns in lighting conditions precisely matched to those of the event at which they would be worn.