… started by working in 2 design houses in London before he moved to Paris to use those credentials to work for dressmaker Gagelin. Gagelin sold textiles and some ready-made garments. Worth, working his way up to become the lead salesman, he opened a dressmaking department. This was where Worth …
… struck out on his own and opened his own business. Worth had extremely good timing. Napoleon III ascended as emperor, and took as his wife the fashionable Eugénie, and the revitalization of France initiated by the emperor. The trendsetting initiated by his wife, led to an insistence for high …
… was one of the factors causing early Victorian to become the mid Victorian era. It was the influence of high fashion of “La Belle Epoque” in Paris that influecned women worldwide. Worth was THE key designer in the 1850’s and 1860’s. Born in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England on October 13, …
.. go together in creating a key influence that changed the silhouette and the fashion of the day in about 1861. There is a section in the website under La Belle Epoque which details the Worth Company‘s influence and history, so we will go into it only “lightly” here. (Photo: …
.. Victorian eras. The first was the invention and evolution of the sewing machine for home and domestic use as well as mass production. The second was high fashion designers to lead the way. Mid-Victorian is considered to have started around 1860-61. There were only a few houses open that …
The “Old” Georgian gives way to “New” Regency fashion regimes, as we turn 2018 into 2019 with all its potential. And we have written over 800 blog posts, put on 6 shows a year, and are getting ready to give walking tours of Cody, Wyoming. That’s on top of building …
… from its almost 80 year run. Along with many other fine design houses, it exemplified the changing shape of fashion – the silhouette.
.. featured lace, details, 3 dimensional objects, and lots of texture.
….was greatly successful in Amsterdam until 1943, when it was forced to close as part of the Nazi policy of dispossessing Jews of their property during the repossession of the Netherlands. It re-opened in 1948 after the war. The iconic building had various functions in the 1970’s and was acquired …
… two world wars, but increasing competition from ready-to-wear and rapidly changing fashion trends, ultimately led to Hirsch & Cie closing its doors in 1976. The Hirsch & Cie building is once again the gem cherished by many an Amsterdammers. It is presently an Apple (MAC) computer store. (Hirsch & …
