Design House: House of Worth (French, 1858–1956). Designer: Jean-Philippe Worth (French, 1856–1926). Date: ca. 1892. Culture: French. Medium: silk, crys...

Costuming Dreams Belle, Jasmine, Aurora, Cinderella, Ariel, and Rapunzel There’s a fun project making waves on the interwebs involving Disney princesses and their historical make-overs. That …

1902 Oak Leaf dress designed by House of Worth for Chicago born Lady Mary Curzon (Vicereine of India).

A superb example of dressmaking from the House of Worth, this dress exhibits the aesthetic of the last years of the nineteenth century. The fashionable reverse S-curve silhouette of the dress and the dramatic scroll pattern of the textile reflect the influence of the Art Nouveau movement

Is it possible to connect the dots between Marcel Proust’s 19th-century muse and the 1970s jet set? Mais, oui.

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.

I gave you an extra few days for Rate the Dress, because last week’s was so late. And I’m still feeling very rushed and busy, so have picked a Rate the Dress that’s all about relaxing, albeit in the poshest way possible. Last Week: an 1860s fancy dress Last week’s Rate the dress was fancy in a different way to this weeks: fancy dress, rather than fancy, fancy. But what we could see of the trim and construction was also quite fancy: indicating a very well made, high quality item, for a client…

Charles Worth Couture

1900 Evening dress