Establishment of the Paris Haute Couture System (1900–1955)

1. Paris couture consolidates around Worth’s model

   Jan 1, 1900Labels: House of, Paris ateliers

   • FHCM History
   • FT Worth

2. Couture trade chamber adopts Paris-focused identity

   Dec 14, 1910Labels: Couture trade, Paris institution

   • FHCM History

3. Poiret’s spectacles highlight couture as performance

   Jan 1, 1911Labels: Paul Poiret, Public shows

   • LOC Guide
   • FHCM History

4. Anti-copying group PAIS forms to protect designs

   Jan 1, 1921Labels: PAIS, French fashion

   • Paris Fashion Week

5. Couture school founded to train elite specialists

   Jan 1, 1927Labels: Couture school, Trade organization

   • ECSCP EN
   • ECSCP FR

6. World War II pressures couture to justify itself

   Sep 1, 1939Labels: World War, Paris couture

   • Haute Couture
   • FHCM History

7. “Haute Couture” becomes a legally defined designation

   Jan 23, 1945Labels: Haute Couture, French government

   • FHCM History
   • Haute Couture

8. Couture chamber formally becomes “Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture”

   Jan 23, 1945Labels: Chambre Syndicale, Trade body

   • FHCM History
   • FHCM EN wiki

9. Christian Dior’s house opens in postwar Paris

   Jan 1, 1946Labels: House of, Postwar Paris

   • Met Museum
   • FHCM History

10. Dior’s February 1947 show popularizes the “New Look”

    Feb 12, 1947Labels: Christian Dior, The New

    • Met Museum
    • Museo del Traje
    • Vogue New Look

11. Couture rules emphasize Paris ateliers and seasonal collections

    Jan 1, 1948Labels: Couture rules, Paris ateliers

    • Haute Couture
    • FHCM History

12. Haute couture’s postwar model spreads through the 1950s

    Jan 1, 1950Labels: Postwar couture, International influence

    • Vogue New Look
    • Museo del Traje

13. House of Worth ends under the founding family

    Jan 1, 1952Labels: House of, Worth family

    • House of Worth
    • FT Worth

14. By 1955, couture’s institutional system is firmly established

    Jan 1, 1955Labels: Paris haute, Institutional system

    • FHCM History
    • Haute Couture