But as he got comfortable, new designer Jean-Philippe…

.. Worth found his own clientele, and his own way.  His designs utilized the new synthetic fabrics with different color schemes and textures than his father had used.  The new fabrics draped differently and had different properties.  Mass production made different types of trims available too – beads, feathers, and sequins.

(Portrait: 1898 the Countess of Warwick introduces the simple clean lines of the new Jean-Philippe Worth style)