CHAMBRE SYNDICALE DE LA HAUTE COUTURE PARISIENNE

Originally known asLa Chambre Syndicale de la confection et de la couture pour dames et fillettesfounded byCharles Frederick Worthin 1868, the name was changed in 1910 to more accurately define the organization'shaute couturerelevance. This organization set up specific rules for membership and held their members to certain criteria with regard to creativity, design, quality, and reproduction. In 1928, a school was established, known asL'École de la Chambre Syndicale de la couture parisienneunder the French Ministry of National Education. The school still provides training for couture salons in the areas of sewing, tailoring, and the designing ofmade-to-measuregarments. Chambre Syndicale merged with theFédération française de la couture,du prêt-à-porter des couturiers et des créateurs de mode, in 1973.