FASHION DESIGNER

Charles Frederick Worth

1825 - 1895

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Charles Frederick Worth (13 October 1825 – 10 March 1895) was an English fashion designer who founded the House of Worth, one of the foremost fashion houses of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is considered by many fashion historians to be the father of haute couture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Frederick Worth has received more than 581,820 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Charles Frederick Worth is the 28th most popular fashion designer (down from 27th in 2019), the 1,327th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,259th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Fashion Designer.

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  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FASHION DESIGNERS

Among fashion designers, Charles Frederick Worth ranks 28 out of 51. Before him are Paul Poiret, Rose Bertin, John Galliano, Thierry Mugler, Gianfranco Ferré, and Donna Karan. After him are Halston, Christian Lacroix, Emanuel Ungaro, Vera Wang, Madeleine Vionnet, and Jil Sander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Charles Frederick Worth ranks 24. Before him are Nubar Pasha, Sher Ali Khan, Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia, Mór Jókai, Princess Hildegard of Bavaria, and George Phillips Bond. After him are Edward Frankland, Hervé, Camilo Castelo Branco, Iwakura Tomomi, Hans Gude, and Conrad Ferdinand Meyer. Among people deceased in 1895, Charles Frederick Worth ranks 29. Before him are Lord Randolph Churchill, Franz Ernst Neumann, Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, Francesco Filippini, James Dwight Dana, and Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe. After him are John Russell Hind, Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, Floriano Peixoto, Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, Gustav Freytag, and François Certain de Canrobert.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Frederick Worth ranks 1,327 out of 8,785. Before him are Adrian Smith (1957), Tom Simpson (1937), Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (1451), Anne Lister (1791), Tom Pryce (1949), and Josiah Wedgwood (1730). After him are Ian Anderson (1947), Martin Gore (1961), Geraldine McEwan (1932), Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (1424), Blanche of Lancaster (1345), and Michael Houghton (1949).

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS In United Kingdom

Among fashion designers born in United Kingdom, Charles Frederick Worth ranks 3. Before him are Vivienne Westwood (1941), and Mary Quant (1930). After him are Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon (1863), and Sarah Burton (1974).

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