The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-16

subject. have taught tho author that on
either aide Of the Great Pond there are those
who fashion the clothes Of men in con-
scientious and honorable spirit, not TO- q
earnest and painstaking than tho labor of
the painter or sculptor in his efforts 70
please the eye. But the designer Of wear
has an additional task not imposed on him
who deals in clay and pigments.
with beauty he is bound to combine
comfort and durability. with the vexatious
knowledge that his skill must soon dis
appear by the attrtion Of constant action
and the inevitable decay OF the fabric
is II NOT fair then. to place the accom-
plished tailor. deeply instructed in the
mysteries of his craft, in close proximity
TO the sculptor who follows conventional
forms and fashions unelastic figures? We
think all will concede that It requires no
mean perceptive powers 10 follow all Of
the million curves Of the human body.
4 Il out their defects, give an easy setting
TO the apparel and supply wanted chic
TO the pose Of the man himself Yet such
IL the Office Of the cutter in any Fl rst ella IS
house Of this day"
Now the really fashionable tailor. il he
himself, has not tho artistic spirit here SO,
forth, must have some one in his establish
ment who does have it and can direct the
work or he will lose his place in tho sacred
dozen and will have to reduce prices. From
these elect opinions on the subject of the
art revealed in the present style of coats
and trousers and the likelihood of tailors
giving up all effort to improve in /, have
been obtained and all here laid down
II was Fifth avenue tailor not far away
from the Waldorf, whose establishment
Is one flight up but whose prices are very
much higher, who was first approached
Said he:
Mems attire has reached a stage where
i is free from extravagances and COM
blnes elegance with comfort to an extent
that perhaps it has never done before.
But to say that it will not change in ten
i, years or in fifty is absurd
Fashion always has demanded changes
| and always will. II is true that the gar
inents which now are standards have lasted
a long while, but tho changes in them have
been great and they will continue to be
70 not from year to year perhaps, but in
the sum OF several years Changes i'm
styles come gradually, but they come.
TO take little instance. When I was
boy more than twenty years ago my
father used to take me to a fashiona be
shop in Union Square for my clothes ard
sometimes the new trousers he bought
for me from being piled with OF her trouse RI
upon them would show crease down the
| centre. Now I hated to put those Trousers
| on because I was afraid that the crease
| made them look as II they were ready made
So did other boys and so did men And
now we cultivate that very crease to ake
trousers look new and when it isn't there
| we have it pressed in.
THAT'S only an instance Trousers
were tight then. Twenty years before
| that they were tighter.
There was a celebrated French noble
| man who used to put his on in this way:
| Two Wallets held the trousers open at the
proper height the other two who were
always tall and powerful men raised the
nobleman and lowered him gradually into
! legs into place til they fitted like a second
, skin. How he sat down in 'em goodness
| only knows.
i didn't expect. in my time, at any rate