• Worth designed during the Edwardian era into Art Nouveau Movement after his death his sons took over the business and succeeded in maintaining his high standards
• He was the founder of the Maison Worth in Paris and London, the longest running fashion dynasty
• Worth used beautiful and luxurious fabrics for his dresses, and he trimmed them with rich decoration, such as fringe, lace, braid, and tassels made of pearls.
• His many important contributions to design included an ankle-length walking skirt, shockingly short for its time, and the princess gown, a waist-less dress that hung simple and straight in the front while draping in full pleats in the back.
• He was also the first to create and employ the principles of design and fashion that would be called “haute couture” or “high fashion”..
• Worth realized that aesthetic perfection must be built on a foundation of technical excellence.
• He was the first to sign his work and the word “couturier” had to be invented for him.
• Much of his work is associated with the movement to redefine the female fashion shape, removing excessive ruffles and frills and using rich fabrics in simple but flattering outlines.
• Worth re-defined the nature of the relationship between the garment’s purchaser and it’s maker.
• He introduced a new shape tp replace the crinoline
• This new shape caught on fast, and by the 1880’s became almost architectural. 
The crinoline slowly went out of fashion.
• Worth always boasted “I am the man who dethroned the crinoline.” He followed the bustle with the Princess line, which evolved into the fashions of the turn of the century, known as “Fin de Siecle” styles. Worth’s copious use of luxurious fabrics throughout the 19th century
• Worth was a gifted designer, who seemed to have had a clear understanding of the times in which he lived
• They also made many gowns inspired by great paintings.

Word Bank:

Styling, draping, surface decoration, appliqué, bias cut, pleat, tuck, gathering, smocking, fabric, experimental, innovative, influential, avant-garde, haute courtier, mass production, hand made, prêt-a-porter, asymmetry, ensemble, twisting, hanging, silhouette, aesthetics, ergonomics, production, materials, consumer, fashioned, fabrics