CHAMBRE SYNDICALE DE LA HAUTE COUTURE PARISIENNE

   Originally known as La Chambre Syndicale de la confection et de la couture pour dames et fillettes founded by Charles Frederick Worth in 1868, the name was changed in 1910 to more accurately define the organization's haute couture relevance. 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 as L'École de la Chambre Syndicale de la couture parisienne under the French Ministry of National Education. The school still provides training for couture salons in the areas of sewing, tailoring, and the designing of made-to-measure garments. Chambre Syndicale merged with the Fédération française de la couture, du prêt-à-porter des couturiers et des créateurs de mode, in 1973.