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Additional authors

1. Tétart-Vittu, Françoise
2. Martin-Hattemberg, Jean-Marie
3. Olivieri, Fabrice
4. Lacroix, Christian, 1951-

Description

1. 335 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 32 cm

Summary

1. 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.

Uniform title

1. Maison Worth. English

Alternative title

1. Maison Worth.

Subject

1. Worth, Charles Frédéric, 1825-1895
2. House of Worth (Firm) -- History
3. House of Worth (Firm)
4. Worth Paris
5. 1800-1999
6. Fashion design -- France -- 19th century
7. Fashion design -- France -- 20th century
8. Fashion design -- England -- 20th century
9. Fashion designers -- France -- Biography
10. Fashion designers -- England -- Biography
11. Fashion design
12. Fashion designers
13. England
14. France

Genre/Form

1. Biographies.
2. Biography.
3. History.

Contents

1. Charles Frederick Worth: an Englishman in Paris (1825-1895) -- Gaston and Jean-Philippe Worth: the alchemy of success (1895-1922) -- Jacques and Jean-Charles Worth: the whirl of the jazz age (1922-1941) -- Maurice and Roger Worth: successes and setbacks (1941-1954) -- Worth perfumes and beauty products.

Call number

1. JFG 18-105

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-325) and index.

Language (note)

1. Translated from the French.

Author

1. Trubert-Tollu, Chantal, 1946- author.

Title

1. 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.

Publisher

1. London : Thames & Hudson, 2017.

Copyright date

1. ©2017

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-325) and index.

Language

1. Translated from the French.

Chronological term

1. 1800-1999

Added author

1. Tétart-Vittu, Françoise, author.
2. Martin-Hattemberg, Jean-Marie, author.
3. Olivieri, Fabrice, author.
4. Lacroix, Christian, 1951- writer of foreword.

LCCN

1. 2017944380

ISBN

1. 9780500519431 (hardback)
2. 0500519439 (hardback)

Research call number

1. JFG 18-105