Discovering the Englishman who invented Parisian Haute Couture
Born in Lincolnshire in 1825, Worth crossed the Channel with nothing but a dream and ended up dressing royalty and redefining what it meant to be fashionable. Best-selling author Stephen Clarke has just penned a new book on Worth – "Charles Frederick Worth, the Englishman Who Invented Parisian Haute Couture" – lifting the veil on the man who stitched the French fashion system together.
From day wear to opera coats, tea gowns to ballgowns, Worth didn't just design clothes –he invented the modern fashion industry: seasonal collections, live models, runway shows and the designer label itself.
Don't miss this captivating look at the Englishman who crowned Paris as the world's fashion capital and whose legacy still shapes what we wear today. The exhibition runs until September, leaving plenty of time to discover the forgotten outsider who dressed the world.
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