Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-15
ORIGIN or vAsnIoNs.

The apartment which Worth demon
mates the cuisine has never been seen
b. more than one or two OF his most
hsored customers, yet IL Is here this
very place that the fashions OF the gar
ments Of the female world mostly have
their birth. IL has often been asked
How are fashions startedf Who
does itf" and TO q certain well known
American propounding French tran
Station OF this query TO the great dress
maker, he said. Come with me. l
vill show you where aud how fashions
are made ~ and carried her through n
passage, up pair Of stairs, and opened
The door of what might be called the
fashion hatcher, but which Worth him
self declares TO be his kitchen. IL was
q good sized room. well lighted. and
contained eight large mirrors. 50 that
the whole wall space between the win
dows was entirely covered with looking
glass. This was all It's furniture except
3 table. ttoci, and big basket ON
three legs, flied to the brin with loose
pins. With these implements and q
pieces. No dresses are made here.
~ when he wishes To study effect and
nAke definite some va 4uc conception
UU8tknk III us btNlfIs At taAtA tat ktft
hire Tor this purpose and IL Is an alb
eOlute requisite tnat the girl applying
Tor this position shall be pretty and
paeeiul-~and she promptly mounts
he stool. There she stands for hours.
clothed in the most perfect corset. OF
course, and "A low-neekcd, short sieeved
vast III white China silk, with a plain.
rather scant skirt OF the same, which
"a. - ss...
She stands motioniess while the great
dsessmakcr pins stubs OF ali sorts upon
her, trying effects and getting sugges-
tons. Sometimes she Is enveloped in
clouds Of tuile or vapory gAuEe, while
the man-milliner works out his idea
ies debut gown for royal princess.
or she stands amid the sweeping folds
of satin aud velvet that will finally be-
eome the court dress of a dowager
dcchess or OF the vile OF an American
rk-packer. When he has the mood
Ior composing upon him, Worth Is
tireless and sometimes exhausis three
poseuses before he has satisfied HIM
Self. The girl will drop with fatigue
and is quickly replaced by fresh one.
" that tile work of composition may
20 on.
After explaining all this, Worth told
his American customer that IL was In
this studio of his that the fashions ie-
ally had their birth. l never force
anything on the public, he said. " bat
educate them. When make up my
mind To introduce a certain fashion,
give myself three years time TO make
d the rage. For example. for the last
two years have been Introducing the
fnSktgaa Of fAa tsar..aa.fnnr fxfNst.sf~n
styies. Look in the shop windows and
Ne what the manufacturers are wcav'
ing and the iradesmen selling: ar,
they not for the greater part Pompa-
dour designsG Well, in one year more
they will be the rage, ard IL viii last
Tor another twelve months or SO, and
then shall slowly but certainly begin
something new"
While this conversation was going
there was an aate room to the kitchen
fall OF men who waited upon the con-
tarier 90 learn his views upon designs
Tor fabrics. new dyes and shades, gal
icons, bfaids, tournGre steeis. b0siles,
sverythlng that is needed to mske a
Costume. and his deci sions were in most
cases b ia to be iinsi,
A great friend Of Worth. and very
~<s*@sa4ttF ~ 8ft1a - 49, N>f-
sssisre he refuses to tit any dress
until the ftec is clothed in one %
Madsme's admirable coniectioas OF
cos prices, So for = corset OF simple
eoahl with a bit OF lace around tbs
etge. and when i. IS VI satin or siik
And deliberately got up, she asks any
uaere from SIS to $ito. sue makes M
4 /,
We value Of the material ia the corset
bat thinks that not too much 10 ass
ior the inimigahie figures she creates
wssh her wonderful knowledge Of th'
necessities Of The female fern. NJ
matter hew thin or how stost the Gus
toner, she manages TO give her VIVA
she calls lines, and il IS for this Sd
txpcctS 10 he paid. She has made
togtane GA, 81 her coFsets, and has on
o. The uaass beautiful hotels In Psris
Almost ans boar VA the late afternoon
Z cue drops ia there, he viii fnd ia
essuotol drawing roosss flied vii
dnchesSes. princesSes, women OF III
neoless name and the largest fortune
They Sai about drinking lea aud eo'
sricg With Madame who moves irof
group to group with some 6lt Of neS
uasca she impafts with an ar q COS
edesee 10 each one. She Is esegauii
perfect In her own costume and Ia
tas manners and beauty ~ gran
dame. yet she DOES not make the SINAI
est effort TO assume an All If eSsualii
VIII the irrqueAiers OF her salon. pr
sfstag IA yery remarkable ccsne,n.
Don her se.s-rsspecs &ad patent Tea
ration al the white Us { these woIne
Az her customers and not her guest
They and this 80 soothing and ssts
factory that they rarely fail 10 drop
tor tea and Tor Asdaae's budget
NE latest gossip. she used 10 regssi
e the aising.fooms all the nofntr
GfecsiEx her saeoruiux,es. and NJ
9fadi.y Martin always declared, whs