Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
HIRING EYES TO
SHOPPERSNE FAD
SPLENDID RESULTS AND GOOD
FEES FROM THIS FIELD
"consutant" Dressmaker Studies
Client, Sketches Costumes, Gives
RehearsaIs and Buys Her
Shoes Also
specIal Cable DO M Hela

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON. June "a new profession
with many special branches, all partic-
ularly adapted to women, has arisen
gradually and quietly until now it occu-
pies highly important relation to all
trades that have to do with house fur
nishing and women's attire. Call il
"consultant," and you have a name
that fits without clearly defining the
profession.
It's aim is to assist those women who
are not remarkably gifted in decorative
taste in selecting their furniture, wall
paper, garments, and so forth. 1t fol-
lows, therefore, that every branch of
the general consulting profession re-
quires a specialist.
There is, for example, the consultant
hairdresser who can tell to q nicely the
style of coiffure which will suit her
client. A man miliner is to be found
in Tottenham Court road who trims
hats on the heads of his fair customers
to insure that every knot of ribbon or
bunch of flowers shall be becomingly
placed.
I'VE find our women advisers indis-
pensable," the manager of a West End
furnishing house said. "If customer
appears to have no clear ideas of her
own, the consultant is summoned, and
not only advises but proves an admir-
able overseer during the decorative
operations. The old mistake of paper
and paint which tone in the hand, but
clash hopelessly when on the wall, is
never to be found now.'
A consultant dressmaker who will
open rooms in Regent street later in the
season explains her profession in this
way
Il have studied artistic dress in Paris
and Vienna" she said. II have on my
books the names of dressmakers, milli-
ners, glovers, bootmakers and firms
where materials can be purchased to
suit all purses.
"A client who distrusts her ideas, if
she has any, calls on me for a wedding
outfit. She pays me fee for consulta=.
tion, and for that sum 1 design, order
and arrange fittings to suit her.
Il first study my customer from
every point of view in my studio. where
sun blinds are arranged to give various
effects of light and shade. A woman
artist I employ then makes a rough
sketch of my client and the client is free
to depart In a couple of days she re-
ceives sketch of her toilet, the names
of dressmaker, miliner and glover, and
for fitting appointments.
The toilet, when completed, is sent to
my studio, where my client has dress
rehearsal.
What Ii Costs
my charges vary from So to $50 with
larger fees for trousseaus or colonial
outfits
"Only one woman in a hundred
dresses her hair to suit her face" saia
a consultant hairdresser. MY methods
are wearisome, but the result achieved
for all the trouble.
MY client is placed in a chair before
a three sided mirror, while / study her
features and the shape of her head. 1
then dress the hair in different styles
until one which gives absolute satisfac
ton is discovered. A block, on which
a wig has been placed, is then brought
in, and the client is taught the manner
in which her particular style is dressed.
Half an hours tuition is generally suf-
ficient.
MY charge is $40, and my customers
declare that the result is well worth
the money.
"As you will perceive, / am no devo-
lee to fashion. | teach my clients to
arrange their hair in the fashion which
suits them, not necessarily in the style
hat happens to be in vogue"
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