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‘Father of haute couture’: The man who pioneered fashion as we know it

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Paris (CNN) — 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…

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‘Father of haute couture’: The man who pioneered fashion as we know it

From sewing labels into garments to using live models, Charles Frederick Worth was a pioneer that shaped the global fashion industry we know today. His legacy is being exhibited for the first time in France.

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Charles Frederick Worth, inventor of the sewing dream: a superb exhibition at the Galliera Palace

In the calm and solemn salons of the Petit Palais, the rustling of the fabrics still seems to haunt the golden cornices. It is here in Paris, in the very city that saw it transform the garment into a work of art, that Charles Frederick Worth is celebrated in an unprecedented exhibition, Worth. Inventing haute couture, organized by the Palais Galliera – Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris. An Englishman in Paris: the audacity of a destiny Born …

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