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The house of worth 1858-1954 : the birth of haute couture
- Title
- 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.
- Author
- Trubert-Tollu, Chantal, 1946-
- Publication
- London : Thames & Hudson, 2017.
- ©2017
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- Description
- 335 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 32 cm
- Summary
- 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
- Maison Worth. English
- Alternative Title
- Maison Worth.
- Subjects
- Fashion designers
- Fashion design
- House of Worth (Firm)
- Biography
- Fashion designers > France > Biography
- Fashion design > England > 20th century
- Worth, Charles Frédéric, 1825-1895
- Fashion design > France > 19th century
- Worth Paris
- History
- Fashion design > France > 20th century
- France
- Biographies
- Fashion designers > England > Biography
- 1800-1999
- England
- House of Worth (Firm) History
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-325) and index.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the French.
- Contents
- 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
- JFG 18-105
- ISBN
- 9780500519431
- 0500519439
- LCCN
- 2017944380
- OCLC
- 992743151
- Author
- Trubert-Tollu, Chantal, 1946- author.
- Title
- 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
- London : Thames & Hudson, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-325) and index.
- Language
- Translated from the French.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1999
- Added Author
- Tétart-Vittu, Françoise, author.Martin-Hattemberg, Jean-Marie, author.Olivieri, Fabrice, author.Lacroix, Christian, 1951- writer of foreword.
- Research Call Number
- JFG 18-105