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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 539,100 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Charles Frederick Worth is the 27th most popular fashion designer (down from 25th in 2019), the 1,263rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,527th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Fashion Designer.

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  • 57.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS

Among fashion designers, Charles Frederick Worth ranks 27 out of 38Before him are Oscar de la Renta, Paul Poiret, Vera Wang, Christian Lacroix, Gianfranco Ferré, and John Galliano. After him are Sergio Rossi, Mary Quant, Donna Karan, Madeleine Vionnet, Emanuel Ungaro, and Marc Jacobs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Charles Frederick Worth ranks 22Before him are Sher Ali Khan, Henri Giffard, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Nubar Pasha, Henry Walter Bates, and Princess Hildegard of Bavaria. After him are Edward Frankland, Mór Jókai, George Phillips Bond, Hervé, Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria, and Camilo Castelo Branco. Among people deceased in 1895, Charles Frederick Worth ranks 25Before him are Nikolai Leskov, Lord Randolph Churchill, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, John Russell Hind, Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, and Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel. After him are Carl Ludwig, Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, Floriano Peixoto, Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, Franz Ernst Neumann, and James Dwight Dana.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Frederick Worth ranks 1,263 out of 7,765Before him are Mick Taylor (1949), Wallace Hartley (1878), John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1384), Louis Lucien Bonaparte (1813), Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1475), and Alistair MacLean (1922). After him are Thomas Reid (1710), George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827), Alexander Mackenzie (1764), William Stuart-Houston (1911), Thomas Simpson (1710), and Robert Fludd (1574).

Among FASHION DESIGNERS In United Kingdom

Among fashion designers born in United Kingdom, Charles Frederick Worth ranks 2Before him are Vivienne Westwood (1941). After him are Mary Quant (1930), Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon (1863), and Sarah Burton (1974).