St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-04-22
CUs1oM AILoRING
I SPRING AND SUMNER, !
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In a former article reference was made to the
tendency toward a radical change in the styles of
fashionable clothing, and the object of this is TO
notify the public that the change predicted by the
leading fashion reporter has come and is fully as
radical as was expected.
Some people think that the fashions are gotten
up by the men who make the fashion plates. but
this is not so. They simply report the styles of
garments most in favor among that class of men
who make the matter of dress study, and with
whom the important item of paying for what they
buy does not of necessity become such a serious
matter for reflection and study is the with
the great majority OF men who wear clothes for the
that our first parents sewed fig leaves
together,-only to cover their nakedness. There
fore the styles reported the present season. not
put forth just to see whether people will them
or not or simply to have something new, but they
are accurate representations of garments actually
at the present time by the leaders OF fashion
The extreme styles may not, and probably will
not meet with much favor from those WHO enjoy
plenty of room and refuse TO be tied up in such
way that the free action of the limbs is in any way
impeded To such it is proper TO say, as have
said many times before, that am here as a servant
to the public by whose patronage l am enabled h
keep afoat, and sentimental feeling in regard to
existing fashions will hinder from strictly re-
garding the wishes of my customers except in
cases where such would ruin whatever
reputation may have a cutter.
1t is a common saying that we of the country are
always about two years behind our city brethren
in styles of clothing but this is not strictly true
little OF my own experience will illustrate -
About the time when loose pants were coming into
style was cutting pants in Chicago and found it
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as it would have been in a country town that made
no pretension to style. Human nature is much
the same in city country.
The above is intended to be soothing and re-
assuring-a kind of antidote for the following e1-
tract from Vests New York Report of Fashions
for Spring and Summer 1s6I
1T has been said that fashion as well as history.
repeats itself This does appear to be the /;
are turning back quarter Of a century when
garments were woven tight All tailOrs who can
recollect far back 81 50 "a and So will recall
the fact that pantaloons made tight and short
and not the big spring bottoms that have since
been in use and during the same time coats were
made tight straight jackets. What was a 40
coat would not at times since make a good IS.
Then there was no waddng OF padding of should
ers the garment cut to fit the form Of the
body without any artificial padding. We appear
to be coming back to the thing with some
improvement in cutting and making. From pres
ent indications fast going into the style OF
25 years ago, before read made goods had had its
boom, and the manufacturers say they cannot pro-
duce the present style.
The correct thing at this time il a close fitting
garment with small short sleeves showing inst a
certain amount of cuff made to fit the exact form
of the body, and the tighter the better Vests are
short and trOwaers tioht al IN ~. form and