.. and trims which made up his beautiful (and expensive) garments. These often drew from historic influences such as the “Shepherdess look”, or “La Polonnaise” which he claims to have invented, even though it had been high fashion in Marie Antoinette’s era a century earlier.
(Photos: left, 1890’s Worth “Polonnaise” he claimed was original concept; right 1775 French “Polonnaise” of Marie Antoinette’s fashion era)