CHARLES WORTH (1825-1895) was born in Bourne, the son of a local solicitor who lived at Wake House in North Street which survives today as a community centre.
He left Bourne when still a boy to seek his fortune in Paris where he became a world renowned designer of women's fashion and the founder of haute couture.
His reputation was such that the French government awarded him the Legion of Honour and when he died, 2,000 people, including the President of the Republic, attended his funeral.
Find out more about Worth on the mdiile floor of the Heritage Centre.
