Over 150 years ago, rich women from all over the

Over 150 years ago, rich women from all over the world came to 7 Rue de La Paix in Paris to be dressed by couturier Charles Frederick Worth, whose eponymous fashion house, founded in 1858, continued through three generations after his death in 1895. Widely credited by historians as the “father of haute couture, ” Worth was the first designer to be known by his name, and not by who wore his clothes. Той закупи интернационално самопризнание и оформи метода, по който модата се продаваше и износваше. Наследството му към този момент е документирано в нова галерия „ Уърт: Изобретяване на Haute Couture “, работещ до 7 септември в Музея на изкуствата на Petit Palais в Париж.

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