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With Couture week in full swing and the forthcoming relaunch of the House of Schiaparelli (kicked off with a tribute collection from Christian Lacroix), we felt it would be an opportune moment to inject a bit of fashion history into all the show coverage. Remembered as the “Father of Haute Couture,” Charles Frederick Worth was an Englishman in Paris, outfitting the court of the Second Empire of France. Although he was not the first couturier or the most superior dressmaker, Worth’s…
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Details of the coat and lace ruffles of the sleeves can be seen in this detail from the portrait of Sissi by Patricius Kittner.
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House of Worth gowns 1870's-1890's -
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A Style History of Charles Frederick Worth, looking at the man who designed for Empress Eugenie and Empress Sisi!
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Woman's masquerade ball dress. "Alphabet". Watercolour drawing by Jules Helleu, probably for Charles Frederick Worth. Paris, 1860s.
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Charles Frederick Worth is considered the inventor of the modern fashion system, with its seasonal menu of evolving styles. The couture house he established in the mid-nineteenth century was considered the preeminent Parisian fashion establishment of its day
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