Well before fashion weeks and designer logos dominated runways, Charles Frederick Worth changed the industry forever. In 1858, Worth established his own fashion house at 7 Rue de La Paix in Paris using his own name. Almost instantly, elite women from around the world flocked to him for garments that carried not just style, but authority. Rather than tailoring a customer’s vision, Worth offered his own—and in doing so, he redefined what it meant to be a designer....