The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-18

ders; but w0uld you believe T9 we introduced
that style about six years ago. ID was found
that when the seam on the shoulder was too high
or too low, according as the cloth had been eGt
crease formed which caused a lump when the
lady held mp her-arm. Little by little dresses
were made with an intentinal lump until it
became the fashion to have the shoulders
of the dress high So YOU see how
fashions are made But ID is not possible to saw
what Is going TO be weDn.- If you go into any
place of amusement, or fashionable salon,
You WALL ask Yourself if some of the women you
see are not 200 or 300 years old. What they
wear makes them look like a composition of Old
Mother Hubbard, lady Of the time of Louis
NV or any other lady of any other period YOU
can mer1tion
The fashion of to-day is iudeseribable.. 1t. is
not Greek, nor Roman, medieval nor
rensdssa nce-and mind you, there is the same
decadenee in dress in painting or architecture
1t has no definite character; it is mixture
salad. For the painters of the future it will be
a very difficult matter, Indeed, to decide the
period to which the women of the present time
belong"
Thus did NJ Worth, ir.. calmly describe the
nondescr1pt character of the lady Of the period
Ill tho matter of DRESS, speaking almost uninter
ruptedly, just as though he had been delivering
a lecture before the members Of a dressreform
association. Whether he would have spoken his
mind so freely had some representative of the
weaker sex been present is Question not To- be
decided here. Who creates tue fashions, then!"
L asked who conceives those wonderful com
blnations Of form and COLOR and materials Am
right in supposing that there are artists or de
s1gners who devote their time and talents to the
invention OF new styles of dress?p
well, great many new fashions have first.
seen the light in this establishment, replied NJ.
CASTOR Worth. M Worth, senior, created
them. We have large staff of ladies' who do u
great deal, but NJ Worth himself makes Gun
fashions. There are no artists or designers at
alT-nothing in the shape of design; because if
there were designers it would be very often inn
possible to make in cloth what had been drawn
upon paper, however beautiful it might be. "
"How many people doyoW employ in your work
roomsf7 inquired, 1--WE have about 700 work
women, comprising cutters f1xers, trimmers,
embroiderePs, shirt makers, sleeve makers, 400
in the house and 300 outside Then there are
trimming Makers ETC., who work Indirectly
for u.s.
In conclusion, Mr.. CASTOR Worth said it would
be great relief to the dressmakers not to have
so many styles, which heavily handicap some of
the smaller establishments The success of the
fashion makers art depends upon the variety of
forms and the comparatively low price,
which allows the merchant to realize
reasonable profit Naturally, the persons who
buy the CLOTH silk, trimmings and lace must
be thoroughly competent judges. 1t is of
combination of all these articles upon a. roughly
cut out pattern in muslin that are born those
wonderful dresses much sought after by our
lady compatriots. When the Paris season
closes, quantity of clothing always remains,
which is sold at a reduced price and shipped to
South America, where it is sold again as a
novelty the following year