Heritage Open Day: A series of 5 FREE talks exploring the legacy of Charles Frederick Worth, acknowledged as the Father of Haute Couture.
Learn about his incredible effect on the global fashion industry from Victorian times up to the present day. 10.30 INNOVATION
WORTH: Style dictator and fashion innovator – Professor Amy de la Haye
Charles Frederick Worth was a highly creative fashion innovator who laid the foundations of today's fashion industry.
Amy is Professor of Dress History and Curatorship at the University of the Arts London. Formerly she was fashion curator at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
She is co-author, with Valerie D. Mendes, of Worth: Portrait of an Archive (V&A Publications, 2014).
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