Charles frederick worth

It’s the most fashionable of fairytales- the poor Lincolnshire lad who went out to work at 11, arrived in Paris with £5 in his pocket and eventually designed the first bespoke frocks for the newly re-established Parisian court within years of arriving in the city.

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Evening ensemble Charles Frederick Worth (French (born England), Bourne 1825–1895 Paris) Date: 1887

It’s the most fashionable of fairytales- the poor Lincolnshire lad who went out to work at 11, arrived in Paris with £5 in his pocket and eventually designed the first bespoke frocks for the newly re-established Parisian court within years of arriving in the city.

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Ball gown by Charles Frederick Worth, c. 1887, at the Met. See: http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/82607?img=0

Worth “Duchess of Savoia” fancy dress worn by Winifred, Duchess of Portland to the Devonshire House Ball, July 2, 1897 From the V&A

With his talent for design and promotion, Charles Frederick Worth built his design house into a huge business during the last quarter of the nineteenth century.

Lot 318 - A Charles Frederick Worth brocaded ivory - Estimate 200-400 GBP