Worth: Inventing haute couture.
Paris-Museums| N° d'inventaire | 32521 |
| Format | 24x30 cm. |
| Détails | 272 p., numerous color illustrations, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2025. |
| Etat | Nine. |
| ISBN | 9782759606078 |
Dedicated to the couturier Charles Frederick Worth (1825-1895) and to the
house that he founded, this work traces its chronology on
four generations, from 1858 to 1954.
A vast fresco which unfolds through a rich iconography and
of scientific texts describing a major turning point in history
of late 19th and early 20th century fashion: the invention
of haute couture. From the Second Empire to the Roaring Twenties, a page
history is being written: the establishment of the figure of the great couturier
and new creation and marketing techniques,
founders of how fashion works today. This book by
reference testifies to exceptional know-how put to the service
of dazzling creativity
A reference work, which bears witness to an emerging world combining creativity and exceptional know-how.
Texts by Miren Arzalluz, Alex Aubry, Elizabeth Block, Carole
Damour, William DeGregorio, Sophie Grossiord, Émilie Hammen,
Amy de la Haye, César Imbert, Marine Kisiel, Camille Kovalevsky,
Raphaële Martin-Pigalle, Fabrice Olivieri, Anastasia Ozoline, Pascale
Pavageau and Wilfried Zeisler
Dedicated to the couturier Charles Frederick Worth (1825-1895) and to the
house that he founded, this work traces its chronology on
four generations, from 1858 to 1954.
A vast fresco which unfolds through a rich iconography and
of scientific texts describing a major turning point in history
of late 19th and early 20th century fashion: the invention
of haute couture. From the Second Empire to the Roaring Twenties, a page
history is being written: the establishment of the figure of the great couturier
and new creation and marketing techniques,
founders of how fashion works today. This book by
reference testifies to exceptional know-how put to the service
of dazzling creativity
A reference work, which bears witness to an emerging world combining creativity and exceptional know-how.
Texts by Miren Arzalluz, Alex Aubry, Elizabeth Block, Carole
Damour, William DeGregorio, Sophie Grossiord, Émilie Hammen,
Amy de la Haye, César Imbert, Marine Kisiel, Camille Kovalevsky,
Raphaële Martin-Pigalle, Fabrice Olivieri, Anastasia Ozoline, Pascale
Pavageau and Wilfried Zeisler