St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-04-08
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I SPRING AND SUMNER,

In a former article reference made TO the
tendency toward 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
radical 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 clothes for the
same reason that our first parents seved fig leaves
tOgether,-only TO cover their nakedness There
fore the styles reported the present not
put forth just to whether people will wear them
or not, simply to have something new, but they
are accurate representations of garments actually
worn 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 and refuse to be tied up in such
way that the free action of the limbs il in any way
impeded. To such il is proper to say as have
said many times before, that am here a servant
to the public by whose patronage l am enabled 70
keep afloat and sentimental feeling in regard
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garding the wishes of my customers except in
cases where such 4 course would ruin whatever
reputation may have as 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
as little of my own experience will illustrate -
A bout the time when loose pants were coming into
style was cutting pants in Chicago, and found it
just hard to make customers adopt the style
as it would have been in 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 ex-
tract from Vests New York Report OF Fashions
for Spring and Summer 1asI
1T has been said that fashion well history,
repeats itself This does appear to be the
we are turning back quarter of a century when
garments were woven tight. All tailors who can
recoect as far back as % 50 "a and So will recall
the fact that pantaOons made tight and short,
and not the big spring bottoms that have since
been in use and during the time coats were
made as tight as straight jackets. = What 40
coat would not at times since make good IS.
Then there was waddng padding of should
ers the garment was to tit the form Of the
body without any artificial padding. We appear
TO be coming back to the same thing with some
improvement in cutting and making. From pres
ent indications fast going into the style OF
25 years ago, before ready made goods had had it,
i boom and the manufacturers say they cannot pro
duce the present style.
The correct thing at this time Is close fitting
garment with small short sleeves showing just
certain amount of cuff, made TO lit the exact form
Of the body, and the tighter the better. Vests ar,
short and trowsers tight, made to fit the form anC
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day is that is cut III ht tried from three Il
four times, made mostly by hand and this is th'
style the manufacturers cannot initiate. or make
suit for twenty dollars that will look Just like IT,
The styles Of woolens for Spring and Summer
wear, very well adapted to the trade in thi
section. Plain mixtures especially gray mixture
predominant and considered very fashionA BILE
Small checks and stripes are also in order
In regard to prices am happy TO be able 70 re
port that the boom in wooden goods is about owe
and the prices this season will be within the reac
Of all. have purchased my Spring stock and Ell
pect It will arrive about March lSt.
In the mean time can show the advanced Iam
pie cards Of all the goods and take orders for suits
to be made up when the goods arrive whe
wanted. Come and see them.
! Feb 24th. F. G. STEVENS.