Charles Frederick Worth
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- proper noun
- Charles Frederick Worth is regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture and known for introducing the bustle in women's fashion.
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Charles Frederick Worth is considered the father of modern haute couture and transformed 19th-century fashion.
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The introduction of the bustle in women's dresses was a defining achievement of Charles Frederick Worth's career.
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Many of the elaborate gowns created by Charles Frederick Worth are now displayed in fashion museums worldwide.
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Charles Frederick Worth was a pioneer!
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Charles Frederick Worth is famous.
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The designs of Charles Frederick Worth greatly influenced the development of modern fashion in the late 19th century.
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As a pioneer of haute couture, Charles Frederick Worth established the principles of personalized fashion design.
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Morphology
Charles + Frederick + Worth
This is a full proper name (a specific historical person) whose meaning (founder of Parisian haute couture, introducer of the bustle) depends on encyclopedic knowledge rather than composition of constituent words. Knowing the individual given names and surname does not allow a B1 learner to infer this biographical information, so the expression is opaque.
Etymology
Charles Frederick Worth was an English designer who moved to Paris and is often called the 'founder of modern high fashion'. He used live models, put his label inside gowns, and made big skirt shapes called the bustle, so his name now stands for the start of today's 'high fashion' world.