St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-10-01

OF deciding on the merits OF
these goods to those who see
them, as talk is said to be
cheap. l will say, however, to
those who buy fine clothing,
that this seasons stock is the
finest / have ever seen in this
town.
The styles of garments have
not changed much since the
last report, except in the ten
dency to make coats smaller,
and to close higher. Panta-
looms are cut smaller with
more spring, with a tendency
to be made still smaller in flu
ture. All business and sack
suits are worn with single
breasted no-collar vest closing
high. In this connection |
would remark that no custo-
mer will be compelled to wear
any style that is obnoxious to
him, and that, as in the past,
satisfaction is promised.
The following description of
the new goods for this season,
taken from Vests New York
Report of Fashions, will give
the readers of the Caledonian
an idea of the different styles
of Goods that are now being
sold for the Fine Trade:-
In making a careful examination of
the new goods for the coming Autumn
and Winter, we find the variety is
large. The increase in business the
past year, and the large amount of fan
cy suitings that has been used by the
fine trade, has given character and pres
tige to many makes and colors of the
more fancy patterns. To say that there
is any one style or color of fancy goods
that is leading, would be saying too
much, or would be an exaggeration of
the facts. The endless variety of small
checks, pin checks, broken and unde-
cided checks, that have been in favor
for some time, are still in favor, with
tendency to increase the size of the
a oil on
There is also marked tendency to in
troduce plain undecided pin check of
admiXtures with broken over check or
broken plaid, in variety of designs,
all of which are in use and find patron
age. There does not appear to he any
disposition to adopt the plaid as worn
few years since. Plaids in their Origi-
nal form were very marked style, Il
plain ground with red, blue, green and
other strong colors, running in bars and
large squares, giving a marked appear
ance. The present style of plaid is of Il
very different character, being an adj
mixture of cOlOrs combined in pin
checks with an over plaid of broken
lines, making the plaid scarcely notice
able, and at the same time giving Il
very pleasing effect. There has been,
and still is quite tendency to wear
blue checks and stripes for trousers,
and in some cases blue trousers have
been worn with fancy coats; also the
blue check and stripes haze been fash
iOnable for sack and cutaway suits.
Blue checks and stripes will still be in
favor for suits and trousers, though
from the present appearance they will
not be as much in favor the coming
season as they were last. We are in
duced to think that blue is on the wane
from the fact that some of the finer
trades who have been cutting Il large
amount of blue for the last two or three
seasons, are buying quite small under
the impression that blue has had its
day with the finer trades. However
this premature judgment may prove
to be a mistake.
There has been quite a tendency for
some time to make run on green. but
that is too marked color. Green is
considered fashionable, but there is but
little of it in use, not enough to warrant
any one in laying in stock. Undecid
ed green mixtures are in favor. Olive
is leading color, especially olive mix
lures. There is no tendency for any
decided color to have prominent run. |
In summing up it would be pertinent
to say that there is no radical change
in the style of wOOlens for the coming
season, and that merchant tailors can
he governed largely by their own taste
in selecting from the various goods that
will be shown in the market. That
portion of the trade who order their
goods before they are made, consequent
ly have their orders placed at this time. |
and the selection of the styles already
determined. In these cases it has been
observable that the trade never before |
had been governed as much bv their
own taste in selecting their stock rs
they have the present season. This is
a coming feature and growing one
with our trade. That is much more
healthy for business than in the DAVIS
when all tailOrs selected the same stvIe
of goods, because they were considered
the fashion. The difference is at this
time that the variety of styles of fancy