Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-01-18
Worth and His Patrons.

WHERE THE MARVELLOUS CLOTHES OF
EUROPEAN WOMEN COME FROM.
All the royal ladies of Europe. says th Q
Boston Courier, are patrons Of Worth. ex-
cepting one-Queen Victoria. Besides fur
nishing these with many, but not all Of
their dresses, he also sends many an her
metically sealed case of dresses to PARKWAY
places like Peru, Archangel, and the Cape
of Good Hope. Partisan society, there
| fore, gets but share of his work. During
| the twenty-five years of his establishment
in Paris be has seen many competitors rise
and fall, and, while he is yet in nowise in
his decadence, there are other houses as
much sought as his own. each great dress
maker having distinctive style. some
produce models even more elegant than
those of Worth, but none are so fertile in
new ideas. The essayeuse, or THERON, in
| Worth's establishment. is an accomplish
ed filter, who puts the garment upon the
client, and makes under Worth's direc-
tions, any changes in the fit or the posi-
ton of the trimming of the dress.
One of Worth's favorite ideas for this
season is very simple use of the fashion
able tulle for young girls ball dresses.
The model consists of half-a-dozen
straight, full skirts Of white tulle, the up
per one being embroidered with little
flowers. The corsage is of the simple shir-
red Madonna pattern, and the accessories
are all to be light and girlish. This dress,
having such high sanction, ought to be
fashionable for two or three seasons. I'm
happily it will not be adopted by our dis
tant population until after it's favor has
fallen in Paris. The shades of lilac seem
to be as much chosen for evening dressby
mature beauties as copper color is for
visiting toilet. The Grand Duchess Via
dimir has just received from Worth a
dress in velvet of Persian lilac shade, of
which the skirt is draped and fringed with
silver. The demi-train is bordered on the
edge with silver, from under which falls a
rich trimming of madness lace. The cor
sage has a Marie-Antoinette Hchu of
malines lace. This model could be copied
easily for drels for America.
The personal life of these great dress
! makers, like that of all leaders in any art
of profession. Is such matter of common
curiosity that we are sure of interesting
our readers in description of the house
and the manner Of life of the latest risen
| among the great establishments, the Nal
son MORN. There is little generally
/ known about this firm. excepting that
they came from Vienna at the instance
of Sara Bernhart and made the wonder
full dresses for Fedora" of which all the
world has read. In fact, the NORM ladies'
are Parlsians, who went to Vienna. as
New York dressmakers 60 to Chicago, be-
cause the field was crowded at home, and
they saw fortune reckoning afar. The
two sisters we're forewomen in Paris
They set up for themselves in Vienna
! with M. Blossier, who married one of the
sisters, as their man of business. The
work is we'll divided amongst them, and
the profits are all kept in the family. One
sister has talent for fitting corsages.
probably unequaled at present in all Paris.
The other stays in the reception rooms
and talks to dozens of clients and employ
ees at time, directing, deciding, distrib-
utlng, advising, setting, in short, all the
wheels agoing, and always serene and
sympathetic.
The Morlns remained ten years in Vien-
ma, gathering in money, receiving orders
even from Paris, and competing with
Partisan rivals for the custom of the most
finished court ladies of the world-the
Austrians. At length after much vague
invitation and discussion, they decided
suddenly 20 move to Paris, on last April.
They took hotel, that is of course, a
complete house, on the corner of the Rue
de la Paix and Rue Daunau. and furnish
ed it charmingly in Genoese velvet, with
old hangings and great mirrors in carved
wood frames. There are between 200 and
300 workmel and workwomen employed
in the house. Some of these employees
take their meals in the basement, where
are kitchens and dining-rooms for the
common folks. On the ground floor are
the rooms for packing and sending off the
dresses, living-rooms for the men employ
ed in the service, and the gas apparatus
from which the house is lighted.