Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-08
MALE DRESSMAKERS.
All the Rage in Fsshiopsble Circles ut
Washington just Now.

All the Rage in Fashfonsble Circles II
Washington just Now.
"A woman's much easier to fit than a
man." said a fashionable downtown
tailor the other day as he sat cross-leg-
ped on his table making button holes in
A pigeon-beasted garment somewhat
resembling coat. They're much more
satisfactory to fit. There's form-grace
symmetry; beautiful Not all angles
like men
Bah! You can't fit a man. But look
at that ~ be cried with burst of profess
sional enthusiasm, holding up the gar
ment that lay in his lap so as to dis
play the swell of the bust and graceful
curve of the hips "Look at thar. Isn't
it tgrace-symmetrv-fo
what is it?" asked the Star man, who
stood with his head on one side cycling
the garment from distance. "What is
it?"
"What? Why lady's waist. What
have been talking about? You don't
think there is a man with such form?"
"Do you mean to say you make la1ies'
garments?"
"Of course. fit dresses on some of
the most fashionable ladies in Washing
ton. You don't think they could get
dressmaker to make waist like that2
No one but man-an artist tailor
could do that"
"But how do you manage? How do
you-How--that is, how do you fit them
try them on, you know" asked the
scribe. trying to hide his bushes behind
red bandanna.
Manage? Manage? Oh, yes; / see.
Easily enough. The fitting is very easi-
" managed. You have never been to
Paris. They know how to do everything
there. Our customers are ladies who
have traveled-ladies of refinement
FitP Why just few minutes ago
measured a lady for pair of pants"
"A pair of what?"
"a pair of pants. Ladies wear pants
With their riding habits. They wear
them under their riding skirts. This
has been the custom for some time.
They wear their skirts shorter than
formerly-just so as TO touch the ground
when they stand. Then they wear
pants underneath nothing else; no skirts.
Oh, ah, YOU are wondering how i man.
age about the pants" he added, noticing
the puzzled and embarrassed expression
which had taken possession OF the
scribe's countenance. "lG is all extreme
ly delicate and modest. You ought to
60 to Paris. We measure the size OF
iady's waist. Then the distance from
the waist to the floor. Then We have
her sit ION a table, and measure the
distance froln her waist to the table. Sub
trac this from the distance from her
waist to the floor, aud we have the length
of her-I mean the leg of the pants.
When they are cut and basted she tries
them ON herself. The fitting is all nan.
aged nicely. We make great many
ladies' suits. In fact, all the fashionable
ladies, particularly those who have been
to Paris, have their suits made by tailors.
Washington is getting almost like Paris.
The ladies have good taste. / could
name lots OF ladies-l don't know how
many-who come in and have their
measures taken, Just as graclously as
men would, and then they are much
easier to fit and pleasanter to serve than
men. And the trying ON of garmentsi
We have parlors and maids in attend
alce, They retire to a parlor and put
on the garment, which is basted together
and when they get 1T on am sent fol
and 90 in and fit it, taking it in here
marking for alteration, and letting it oui
there. When have finished l retire
and the lady again changes her garment
Everything is very modest. 1t is the
custom altogether In Paris, and is very
rapidly becoming so here"
aWhat is the cost of lady's suit"
at depends somewhat on the material
Some 500, some 500, some $l25 ant
more" @ 49,
"Do YOU make party dresses or any
thing of that kind?"
"No. we don't do anything at that
They can be blown together by dress
maker. We make wslking-suits an
superintend the preparation ofthe bette
part of their wardrobe. Fashlonabl
ladies generally have quite number
different styles Of cloth suite and heav
silks and satins. These are what "
make. Sometimes we have lady's eI
tire wardrobe brought here and repair
as it were. We change the cut of som
suits, alter the looping in another; a
range the draperv; and then make ne
suits to supply the place of those whic
cannot be worn any more, and keep U
with the latest fashion. Then we mas
large number of riding habits. "
have a wooden horse which they sit Q
while we arrange the folds OF the
habits.