#charles frederick worth

[milksockets]

charles frederick worth evening dress, 1893 in high style: masterwords from the brooklyn museum costume collection at the metropolitan museum of art - jan glier reeder (2010)

[history-of-fashion]

ab. 1873 Grey blue visiting dress by House of Worth (Charles Frederick Worth)

silk faille and silk taffeta trimmed with steel beads

(Albany Institute of History & Art)

[jeannepompadour]

Bridesmaid dress, House of Worth (French, 1858–1956), silk with pearl trim, 1896

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

~ Dinner dress.

Design House: House of Worth (French, 1858–1956); Designer: Charles Frederick Worth (French (born England), Bourne 1825–1895 Paris)

Date: 1880-1890

Culture: French

Medium: Silk, jet

[aworldofpattern]

Anna Wintour in bespoke LOEWE at the Met Gala 2024

'Inspired by a circa 1944 evening cape by 20th century designer Charles James and tailoring from the LOEWE Fall Winter 2024 women’s collection, Anna’s tuxedo in wool with a silk satin shawl collar is decorated with floral motifs using hand-dyed feathers, tonal beading, and pearl embroidery. The jacket is paired with a long sleeve dress in bias-cut silk satin.'

'Awakening Flower Bouquet' embroidery inspired by Tulipes Hollandaise fabric by Charles Frederick Worth, 1889, from the Met's archives.

[mote-historie]

George Barbier, La Belle Personne, Worth evening dress, detail, fashion plate from Gazette du Bon Ton, 1925.

[threadtalk]

You can smell the springtime blooms on this remarkable 1882 gown from the House of Worth. It's got all the pieces of late 19th century fashion I just adore, including those sculptural influences. Doesn't it almost look like the kind of detail you'd see on marble statues.

So, this is silk, silk, and silk. Silk flowers, satin, and some gauzy bits, too. The Met doesn't give us any details other than "silk" but it doesn't take a fashion forensics expert to recognize sheers.

One of my favorite things about the 1870s and 1880s is the playfulness with symmetry. Until this point, the vast majority of Western fashion really focused on symmetry in everything. Which is, of course, very lovely. But alongside the rise of mass industrialization came a shift in composition, a desire to fiddle with the rigid structures and emulate nature and, perhaps, a little chaos, too. Perhaps that's one of the reasons it's so very appealing to me.

There's a whole lot more about Charles Frederick Worth over here if you're interested. He was quite the character.

[anatomicalmartyr]

Red silk velvet dress from the House of Worth with changeable  bodices, c. 1893-95

[heaveninawildflower]

‘Tulipes Hollandaises’ (1889 ).

Cape designed by Charles Frederick Worth for the House of Worth.

Textile designed by A. M. Gourd & Cie.

Silk and metal.

Images and text information courtesy The Met.

[fashionsfromhistory]

Evening Dress

Charles Frederick Worth

c.1888

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Accession Number: 46.204a-b)

[history-of-fashion]

ab. 1882 Home dress with "Cul de Paris" bustle by Charles Frederick Worth

silk, warp velvet with bouclé velvet in a floral pattern, honey-colored silk satin; feed; Silk in damask technique, cotton gauze; Finishing: silk satin ribbons, cotton machine lace

(Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin)

[jeannepompadour]

Dress worn by comtesse Greffulhe, née Élisabeth de Caraman-Chimay, designed by Charles Frederick Worth, 1896

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Dinner Dress.

Designer/Maker: Attributed to Charles Frederick Worth (1825–1895); Jean-Philippe Worth (1856–1926)

Date: 1890–1895

Culture: French

Medium: Silk, metal

[eyesfullofmoon]

Imperial Russian court dress worn by Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg. x

Designed by Charles Frederick Worth in Paris, France, c. 1888.

[mote-historie]

George Barbier, Mlle Jeanne (Jane) Marnac dans "Manon, fille galante". Shoes by Perugia (André Perugia), costume de George Barbier for Charles Frederick Worth, detail. La Gazette du Bon ton, 1924-1925.

[eyesaremosa1cs]

1892-94 Charles Fredrick Worth