HOURS OF FASHION STAR .. The first model in the world was not a shooting star or an it-girl. Marie Vernet a seller in Paris Fabric Home "Gagelin" in Paris, and because her husband, Charles Frederick Worth, so to speak, the haute couture "invented", had to pull the 20-year-old Vernet by the Paris salons and present his creations. Middle of the 19th Century, a wholly unglamorous job - vanity was still frowned upon. But the designs were quite Worth a sin, came from all over Europe traveled the needle to the precious materials can be tailored to the royal body. 1895 Daniel Swarovski revolutionized the jewelery and fashion world: its electric glass grinder made ​​it to the couturier Worth slightly rich to embroider robes with sparkling crystals. The beginning of a glassy age, not only for the French haute couturier. This close cooperation between the "creators of the fashion industry" and the crystal prince of Wattens in Austria pays the exhibition "Haute Couture" Tribute. In the Salle Saint Jean shows the Paris town hall unique pieces: silk satin dress from the 1950s Christian Dior feature a cream Chanel lace evening dress from the late thirties through to a real Worth robe - all embroidered with sparkling Swarovski crystals. The models were selected by Olivier Saillard, director of the Musée Galliera. About one hundred of his most precious treasures, France's fashion museum. Original drawings allow the viewer to look behind the glossy facade and explain the production process, from the first sketch to the finished dress including famous wearer. The exhibition, which until 6 July is running, so is not only for avid fashionistas a brilliant idea!