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Charles Frederick Worth (13 October 1825 – 10 March 1895) was an English fashion designer who founded the House of Worth, one of the foremost fashion houses of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is considered by many fashion historians to be the father of haute couture. [ 4][ 5] Worth is also credited with revolutionising the business of ...
A meta moment in centuries-old art: The couple pictured in this portrait from Peeter Neeffs the Younger and Gillis van Tillborch are surrounded by a braggadocio collection of their other artworks.
Elsa Schiaparelli ( / ˌskæpəˈrɛli, ˌʃæp -/ SKAP-ə-REL-ee, SHAP-, [1] [2] US also / skiˌɑːp -/ skee-AHP-, [3] [4] Italian: [ˈɛlsa skjapaˈrɛlli]; 10 September 1890 – 13 November 1973) was an Italian fashion designer from an aristocratic background. [5] She created the house of Schiaparelli in Paris in 1927, [6] which she managed ...
Bambalapitiya is a southern coastal neighbourhood of Colombo, Sri Lanka. [2]The area also known as Colombo 4, spans about 1.5 km 2 (370 acres) along Galle Road. The western boundary of the suburb is the Indian Ocean and it is bordered to the east by Havelock Town, the north by Kollupitiya, and to the south by Wellawatte.
The House of Worth was a French fashion house that specialized in haute couture, ready-to-wear clothes, and perfumes. It was founded in 1858 by English designer Charles Frederick Worth. It continued to operate under his descendants until 1952 and closed in 1956. The House of Worth fashion brand was revived in 1999.
Todd Oldham has become widely known to American TV audiences through his many television appearances. Most notably, Oldham was the host of the "Todd Time" segment on MTV's House of Style from 1993 to 1999. His appearances on House of Style has been credited with advancing his career during the 1990s. [10]
The House of Eliott is a British television series produced and broadcast by the BBC in three series between 31 August 1991 and 6 March 1994. The series starred Stella Gonet as Beatrice Eliott and Louise Lombard as Evangeline Eliott, two sisters in 1920s London who establish a dressmaking business and eventually their own haute couture fashion house, Aden Gillett as photographer and film maker ...
Givenchy ( US: / ʒiːvɒ̃ˈʃiː /, [ 2] French: [ʒivɑ̃ʃi]) is a French luxury fashion and perfume house. It hosts the brand of haute couture and ready-to-wear clothing, accessories, perfumes and cosmetics of Parfums Givenchy. The house of Givenchy was founded in 1952 by designer Hubert de Givenchy and is a member of Chambre Syndicale de ...