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Haute Couture began not as an industry, but as a revolution — one led by designers who transformed dressmaking into an art form. In the mid‑19th century, Charles Frederick Worth reshaped fashion’s entire structure. Before Worth, women chose fabrics and commissioned anonymous seamstresses. Worth reversed the power dynamic. He designed the garment first, presented itContinue reading “The Birth of Haute Couture: Worth, Poiret, and the Rise of the Designer”