The House of Worth, 1858-1954: The Birth of Haute Couture

I am thrilled by this book. I own several books on the House of Worth, but all the others were somewhat lacking. This book is just what I'd wanted. Fabulous photos in colour and lots of them. Whole outfits plus details. Over 300 pages. Fantastic detail on the house of Worth. This book is expensive but far and away the best on the subject. I was lucky and managed to order a damaged copy at reduced price. The book was unread and perfect except for a creased cover.

A beautiful book and worth every penny. It's a quite sumptious, large, very well researched, beautifully illustrated book with stunning, clear, detailed colour photographs of some of the most wonderful dresses ever made. An absolute must for anyone interested in costume for film, theatre or fashion.

If you like historical fashion, this is the book for you. Gorgeous pictures of gorgeous gowns, insight into how they were made and a narrative which explains the history and the characters of the era. Recommended

Fascinating insight into the birth of haute couture and the man who created such gorgeous confections. Details everything from clients to materials and provided a breakdown of each of the Worth men and their distinctive house styles! Amazing!!!

One of the best costume/fashion Book I’ve ever purchased. All the photos & illustrations are so clear you can see all the seams & detail of the construction of the garments. Takes you a time of luxurious fashion for the elite. Wonderful. A must for lovers of costume & fashion as well as fashion students.

Long been an admirer of House of Worth. This book is fabulous. I flicked through looking at the pics first, the awesome dresses. Noe enjoying reading it.

this is a great addition to anyone's bookshelf.

Delighted with this beautiful book.Stunning photos. Best book I have seen about Worth.

I love this book I brought on my fav designers of all time Charles Worth and the House of Worth. He was a rule breaker and changed what we call haute couture forever. The book has lots of beautiful photos of their designs along with the history of the House Of Worth from its humble beginnings till the time the business closed. It’s my fav coffee table book!

Maravilloso libro para los amantes de esta firma de moda y de la historia de la moda en general. Muy buena calidad de imagen y preciosas fotografías

I like reading about the ladies of The Gilded Age and after reading that they would make a trip to Europe to order their Worth dresses I wanted a book to see what these beautiful dresses looked like. Beautiful colour pictures. Have many Thames and Hudson books and am never disappointed by the quality of these publications. Wow.

Libro spettacolare, estremamente completo, pieno di descrizioni e di foto bellissime! Vale tutti i soldi spesi! Consigliatissimo!

I love the full page photos in this book and the amount of dresses shown boggles the mind. This book could keep the most enthusiastic costumer busy for hours at a time. Each dress is a work of art and the history behind them, who wore them and when, adds even more intrigue. The only negatives I would have for this book would be that it doesn't include some House of Worth dresses that I was hoping to see, although no book could hold the full catalog produced by this famous couture house. I was thrilled that Lady Curzon's peacock dress and the Lily dress (loved by youtuber Bernadette Banner) were both in the book. A dress I would have liked to see would be the Ironwork dress (recreated by Cynthia Settje of Redthreaded) or the green imperial Russian court dress made for Princess Maria Maximilianova Romanovskya (Although that dress is currently held by the Indianapolis Museum of Art so maybe it was harder to access). I would recommend this book to any costumer, couture enthusiast, or fashion history buff.