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Summary:

Charles Frederick Worth built 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. 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.

Table of Contents:

• Foreword / Christian Lacroix
• Preface
• Introduction : The enigmatic fame of the House of Worth
• I. Charles Frederick Worth: an Englishman in Paris (1825-1895) : British roots (1825-1846)
• Early success in Paris (1846-1858)
• Creation of the House of Worth & Bobergh (1858)
• Worth and the Empire (1858-1870)
• Costume balls during and after the Second Empire
• A prestigious clientele : The Duchesse de Castiglione Colonna (Marcello) and Worth / Laure Chabanne
• The Worth style (1858-1870)
• 1870: a watershed
• Evolution of the Worth style (1870-1895) : Tassinari & Chatel / Carole Damour
• The Worth method : Worth as viewed by painters / Philippe Thiébaut
• The private life of Charles Frederick Worth
• The death of a legendary couturier
• II. Gaston and Jean-Philippe Worth: the alchemy of success (1895-1922) : Gaston Worth (1853-1924)
• Jean-Philippe Worth (1856-1926)
• Worth and Cartier: a bespoke alliance
• Fashion in the age of Jean-Philippe Worth
• III. Jacques and Jean-Charles Worth: the whirl of the jazz age (1922-1941) : Jacques Worth (1882-1941)

• Jean-Charles Worth (1881-1962)
• IV. Maurice and Roger Worth: successes and setbacks (1941-1954) : Maurice Worth (1913-1985)
• Roger Worth (1908-1984)
• Jean-Claude Pascal (1927-1992) : Jean-Claude Pascal: an eye for an elegant line / Nathalie Guillard
• The end of the House of Worth
• V. Worth perfumes and beauty products : Worth's major perfumes
• Conclusion : The legacy and influence of the House of Worth : Worth and film / Jacqueline Durran
• Key dates
• Worth family tree.

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Author/Creator:

Trubert-Tollu, Chantal, 1946- , author

Contributors:

Tétart-Vittu, Françoise , author

Martin-Hattemberg, Jean-Marie , author

Olivieri, Fabrice , author

Languages:

English
French

Language Notes:

Translated from the French.

Main Work:

Maison Worth [by Trubert-Tollu, C.] (English)

Subjects:

House of Worth (Firm) — History

Worth, Charles Frédéric, 1825-1895

Fashion design — France — 19th century

Fashion design — France — 20th century

Fashion design — England — 20th century

Fashion designers — France — Biography

Fashion designers — England — Biography

House of Worth (Firm)

1800-1999

Fashion designers

Fashion design

France

England

Genres:

Biographies

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-325) and index.

Physical Description:

335 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm

Call Numbers:

TT505.W6 T78 2017

ISBNs:

9780500519431 (hardback)
0500519439

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2017944380

OCLC Numbers:

992743151