St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04
CUsTOM TAILORING
I SPRING AND SUMNER, !
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In a former article reference was made to the
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 expected.
Some people think that the fashions are gotten
up by the men who make the fashion plates, but
this is not 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 as is the with
the great majority OF men who wear clothes for the
same reason that our first parents sewed H. leaves
tOgether,-Ony to cover their nakedness. There
fore the styles reported the present season not
put forth just 20 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 a
way that the free action of the limbs is in any way
impeded. To such it is proper to say as 1 have
said many times before that am here as a servant
TO the public by whose patronage am enabled TO
keep ahOat and sentimental feeling in regard to
lasnlOus Will nlnuer me from strictly re-
garding the wishes of my customers except in
cases where such course 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 strictly true
as little OF my experience will illustrate -
About the time when loose pants coming into
style cutting pants in Chicago, and found it
just hard to make customers adopt the new style
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 antdote for the following ex-
tract from Vests New York Report of Fashions
for Spring and Summer, lssl
1T has been said that fashion as web as history
repeats itself This does appear to be the ;
we are turning back a quarter of a century when
garments were woven tight. All tailors who can
recOlect far back So So "a and s. 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 as tight as straight jackets. What a 40
coat would not at times since make a good IS.
Then there no wadding padding of should
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
% years ago, before ready made goods had had its
boom, and the manufacturers say they cannot pro
duce the present style.
The correct thing at this time is a close fitting
garment with small short sleeves showing Just a
certain amount of caff, made to fit the exact form
of the body, and the tighter the better. Vests are
short and trowsers tight made to fit the form and
contain no loose cloth. A fashionable suit of to-
day is that is cut tight, tried from three to
four times, made mostly by hand, and this is the
style the manufacturers cannot initiate, make a
suit for twenty dollars that will look just like it,"
The styles of woolens for Spring and Summer
wear, are very well adapted to the trade in this
section. Plain mixtures especially gray mixtures
predominant and are considered very fashionable.
Small checks and stripes are also in order.
In regard to prices l am happy to be able to re
port that the boom in wooden goods is about oven
and the prices this will be witlsn the reach
of all. have purchased my Spring stock and ex-
pect it will arrive about March LIST.
In the mean time can show the advanced sam
pie cards of all the goods and take orders for suits
to be made up when the goods arrive, or wher
wanted. Come and see them.
Feb. oath. F. g. STEVENS.