Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-21
M|LADY'S COSTUMES,
RICHMOND WOMEN NOT BEHIND IN
THE FASHIONS.
VIEWS OF A LOCAL MODESTO
Mrs. Ford Go.sir- About the Recent
Convention of the Dress Makers
Protective As.ocia,ion-Hcr COM
n,cnts Calculated to Fintter Our
Ladies'.
VIEWS OF A LOCAL MoDlsTE
Mrs. Ford Go.sir. About the Recon,
mont. Calculated to Flnttcr onr
Indies.


Mrs c. l.. Ford. OF No. col west Grace
street, vice.prcsident for the State of
Virginia OF the American Dress'nakcrs
Protective Association, and one OF hicf-
nond's most fashionable modistcs. has Just
returned home from 8 trip to New YORK
city. where she has been attending the
sen1i-annual session of the association.
A Dispatch representative called to see
her Inst night and found her seated on
the front porch of her cozy residence
After being shown into the drawing
room by Mrs Ford. the representative
asked. DO the ladies OF New York dress
better than the ladies of Richmond?
No vas her answer. But YOU must
remember that there are no styles I'M
ported direct to Richmond. They have ALI
cot to come through New York. or origi-
late there. However, this does not mean
that Richmond is behind in receiving the
ye>y latest from the world of fashion.
because np-to-date dressmakers here. as
elsewhere are made acquainted with new
est ideas as as they are created
AS FINE: NOT so MANY.
Yes, there are as handsome and as
costly dresses in the city OF Richmond
as there are in New York. But of course
New York ladies have the largest ward
robes as there is no one in Richmond that
has the wealth that many in New York
have was Mrs. Ford's reply
do tho ladies of Richmond carry them
selves with as much grace and style as
their New York sisters2"
Equally as much So.
Are there dressmakers in Richmond
capable of making as fine garments as
those made in New York.?
Yes we have as good dressmakers
here as they have in the metropolis. You
may not believe it. but there are dress
makers here who have customers in
New York. /. for one, have several.
DO ladies from Richmond going abroad
have their dresses made in Richmond.
or do they stop in New York TO nave
their trousseau made2
NO. as a rule. everything is made here
In Richmond Many of my dresses have
been TO Paris.
mo we'll dressed lady from Richmond
would feel out of place in New YORK,
continued Mrs. Ford.
OBJECT OF ORGANIZATION.
What is meant by the Dressmakcrs'
Protective Association" was asked.
1T is an association formed for the
beauty. grace and form among American
women; 10 recognize ladies' tailoring as
an art; to protect the public from all
manner of fraud practiced among dress
makers: 10 create American fashions.
70 look to the development of the physical
side as we'll as the beautiful; to serve as
a guarantee of apprenticeship: to bring
the dressmakers more closely together
for the accomplishment of one aim One
of its greatest purposes is TO protect
Young girls and secure them employment
in high-class establishments.
Mrs Ford then handed the reporter
list of the subjects discussed at the last
meeting to show the scope of the aSSocj-
ations work.
SUBJECTS DISCUSSED.
They were as follows:
.'Dressmakers' Discounts on Goods Pur
chased.
..Dressmakers Who Go Out BY the
Day
.'Non-Pay and Poor-Pay Customers
1.-The Corset.
'.Jea lousy.
Better Work: Higher Prices
The Official Organ"
System
Competent Help.
Should Dressmakers Furnish Their
Own Material?
..Insurance-Life and Sickness
Branch Offices of the Association.
''Agen;s-Should the Association En-
ploy Them
National Dressing School"
Permanent Exhibit"
Building.
International Association.
Foreign Branch Office.
'Imposters-IIow to Deal With Them
CRAZE LACE-A FAD.
What will be one of the newest fads.
was asked.
Grape lace All of the handsomest
garments will be trimmed in grape lace
the hats also
Yes. we publish fashion journal Its
name is LIE Costume Royal
mo: as yet no mon have been admitted
hut all of the gentlemen doing ladies
tailoring have applied for membership
as well as many large stores.
Yes, session will be held in Rich-
mond at an early date.
How long has this association been
organized? inquired the reporter.
''One year was Mrs. Fords reply. 1T
was founded by Miss Z. c. E. White,
its present president.
I'VE meet twice every year,
.'Oh yes we will introduce our fash
ions in Paris. This fact has already
caused much comment in Franco. and is
looked upon rs another American in
vaSion of Europe.
Mrs. Ford said that every dressmaker
of the State should become a member.
and she was willing to talk or correspond
with any desiring to join
20. l stuck UP for the Virginia wo-
men, said Mrs. Ford, as the reporter
rose to so. .'All of the newspaper re-
porters would ask if it was true that Nir-
cinia women were so pretty, and always
said that they were the most beautiful IN
America.
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