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    Charles Frederick Worth (13 October 1825 – 10 March 1895) was an English fashion designer who founded the House of Worth, one of the foremost fashion houses...
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    clothes, and perfumes. It was founded in 1858 by English designer Charles Frederick Worth. It continued to operate under his descendants until 1952 and closed...
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    masquerade gown made of gold and silver thread that was designed by Charles Frederick Worth for Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt. It was made for a masquerade ball...
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    run by individual designers, started in the 19th century with Charles Frederick Worth who, beginning in 1858, was the first designer to have his label...
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    appointed Charles Frederick Worth as her dress maker and he became a prominent designer amongst the European upper class. Charles Frederick Worth is known...
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  • Samia Smith Charles Waddington (philosopher) Richard Waddington Jemima West William Henry Waddington Kenneth White (poet) Charles Frederick Worth British...
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    strengthened when his son Alfred, married Andrée-Caroline Worth, a daughter of Charles Frederick Worth, who owned a renowned Parisian fashion house. On February...
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    products; e.g. the first fashion model, Marie Vernet Worth in 1853, wife of designer Charles Frederick Worth. Model (product), a particular design of a product...
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  • actor Charles Frederick Worth (1825–1895), an English-born fashion designer of the 19th century George Worth (1915–2006), American fencer H M Worth, discoverer...
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    Charles Frederick Worth is widely considered the father of haute couture as it is known today. Although born in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, Worth made...
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    for its jewellers, such as the shop opened by Cartier in 1898. Charles Frederick Worth was the first to open a couture house in the Rue de la Paix. Many...
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    Sidewalk. Bloomsbury. p. 8. Jess Krick (2000). "Charles Frederick Worth (1825–1895) and the House of Worth". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 15 January...
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    designer Janet Walker, costumier and dress-making-bust inventor Charles Frederick Worth "Dressmaker" denotes clothing made in the style of a dressmaker...
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    Emperor Napoleon III. In 1860 she introduced fashion designer Charles Frederick Worth to the Empress and thus started his rise to fame. She was a leading...
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    is generally understood to date from 1858 when the English-born Charles Frederick Worth opened the first authentic haute couture house in Paris. The Haute...
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    reigning Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. The Englishman Charles Frederick Worth had established his first fashion house in Paris in 1858. He was...
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  • Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1805) 1895 – Charles Frederick Worth, English-French fashion designer (b. 1825) 1897 – Savitribai Phule...
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    stylistic inspiration, and the British 'father of haute couture' Charles Frederick Worth relocated to Paris in 1846. He did this to perfect and commercialize...
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    homes, and her clothing was made for her by the renowned couturier Charles Frederick Worth. As her career prospered, the gifts from her suitors needed to...
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    Lemoine, was the great-granddaughter of English fashion designer Charles Frederick Worth. His father, Roger Villeminot, died the year of his birth. He began...
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    design is often considered to have started in the 19th century with Charles Frederick Worth who was the first designer to have his label sewn into the garments...
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  • couture can be traced back to the mid-nineteenth century in Paris. Charles Frederick Worth pioneered haute couture by introducing high-fashion dressmaking...
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  • Williams Matthew Williamson Louise Wilson Trinny Woodall Aida Woolf Charles Frederick Worth Rhoda Wyburn Esme Young Ada Zanditon John Boyd Serena Bute William...
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    comprehensive study on the subject. One of the designers of this concept, Charles Frederick Worth, gained traction by displaying clothes on actual people instead...
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    Vanderbilt, wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, at Alva's 1883 Ball as 'Electric Light'. Gown by Charles Frederick Worth. Photographed by José Maria Mora....
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    or seasonal collection, can be traced back to fashion designer Charles Frederick Worth during the late 1800s. The concept of the fashion week began in...
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    the height of fashion in the early to mid-nineteenth century. Charles Frederick Worth, the father of haute couture, designed many elaborate dresses,...
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    which had been cut from one of Stewart Gardner's gowns designed by Charles Frederick Worth. Throughout the collection, similar stories, intimate portrayals...
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  • made in the salon of the milliner, seamstress or tailor, until Charles Frederick Worth introduced living human models in the 1850s. The earliest bisque...
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    were shown on mannequins. In the 1800s, showings began to change. Charles Frederick Worth, noted for haute couture, began showing multiple pieces together...
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