The House of Worth, 1858-1954
The Birth of Haute Couture
$138.53
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2017
Summary
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-breakin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780500519431 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0500519439 |
| Author: | Chantal Trubert-Tollu, Fabrice Olivieri, Jean-Marie Martin-Hattemberg, Françoise Tétart-Vittu |
| Publisher: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Imprint: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2017 |
| Weight: | 2.34kg |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 246mm x 318mm |
Critics Review
‘Engaging and almost encyclopaedic … a story brilliantly told … every library should have it’ - The Business of Fashion
‘Sumptuous’ - Daily Telegraph
‘The definitive account of the life and work of the man whom the fashion world would remember as its father’ - The Lady
‘Lavish’ - Country Life
Chantal Trubert-Tollu
Chantal Trubert-Tollu is Charles Frederick Worth’s great, great-granddaughter.
Françoise Tétart-Vittu, a former curator at the Palais Galliera, is one of the world’s foremost experts on 19th-century dress.
Fabrice Olivieri is an independent perfumer who has been researching the history of 19th-century styleand the Second Empire for many years.
Jean-Marie Martin-Hattemberg is an expert on the history of perfume and cosmetics, on which he has written several books.
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