World of Fashion
Author: first_name:  John
last_name: Oxenford
Language: English
Year: 1862

This Victorian-era dramedy was adapted by playwright/critic John Oxenford from Eugene Scribe and Ernst Legouvé’s “Les doigts de fée” (“Fairy Fingers.”) The original play was first performed by the Comédie-Française in 1861.  It tells the story of an impoverished young noblewoman who scandalizes her blue-blooded kinsmen by deciding to work for a living.  She assumes a false name and enters the world of high fashion, becoming one of Paris’ most sought-after couturiers. Complications of mistaken id