The house of worth 1858-1954 : the birth of haute couture / Chantal Trubert-Tollu, Françoise Tétart-Vittu, Jean-Marie Martin-Hattemberg, Fabrice Olivieri ; foreword by Christian Lacroix.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 335 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780500519431
- 0500519439
- Maison Worth. English
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Arriving in Paris in 1845, at the age of twenty and with only a few francs in his pocket, Charles Frederick Worth would go on to build the most prominent, innovative and successful fashion house of the century. Worth was inspired by a love of fine art, luxurious fabrics and his vision of the female ideal. He was the first to set out to dictate new styles and silhouettes to his elite clientele - not the other way around - hosting them in his rue de la Paix salons, which included ground-breaking '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.
Organized chronologically and illustrated with striking ensembles (including photographs of details that reveal the garments' intricate construction and craftsmanship), paintings and documents sourced from both private family archives and the best fashion collections from museums around the world, The House of Worth is an inspiring tribute to the house that started it all.
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-325) and index.
Translated from the French.