Charles Frederick Worth: The First Fashion Designer

Everyone needs clothing. However most people want something more than just a basic covering. People use clothing to express many facets of their personality and taste. From elaborate hats to running shorts people want functional, comfortable clothes that they feel expresses their uniqueness. Fashion designers are very useful in creating trending and comfortable clothing for the people who don’t do well with creativity and design. Originally people wore clothing to help maintain body temperature and be protected by the harsh weather rather than for style. All garments were handmade before the invention of the sewing machine. The first sewing machine ever invented was in 1846 by a man named Elias Howe. It was originally used for factories and production lines. The sewing machine was used so there would be less manual labor for the factory workers. Now the sewing machines are used to create artistic and very creative clothing. There is many examples of beautifully made womens and mens clothing. The person that invented the idea of having a fashion house and creating unique and signature clothing is Charles Frederick Worth. Worth was born October, 13, 1825. He was the first fashion designer to have his own fashion house and to have his own clothing he invented. Some other achievements Worth had was that he was the first to use fabrics he …show more content…
You don’t typically need a lot of education for fashion design but many employers prefer people with experience and and educational background. You can have classes in business and marketing if you want a career in fashion merchandising or fashion retailing. Some basic classes to be a fashion designer would be classes like colors, textiles, visual art, sewing, tailoring, fashion history, CAD(Computer Aided Design).Many fashion designer sketch their initial design but many use CAD as well. In CAD classes people learn things like technical