New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-23
NOTES OF THE TRADE.


women's outer garment trade that the
buyers who once condemned the vide
farirc and circular skirt are now tax
ing TO this new mode. A well known
buver who was here last December
said: Il don't think the wide SKIRT VIII
provc q success. inasmuch as II Is gong
from the ridiculous 20 the sublime
The women Of to-day want freakish
STYLES. and a sedate skirt or the nine
tenth century is a thing OF the past
and hvgones shall remain byeones.
Upon arriving home this buyers mind
was soon changed owing 10 the TACT
that mis- customers were asking 10 see
the new wide skirt and would not LOOK
a. ANYTHING else The demand soon be-
came greater than was expected ana
the result is that this buyer IS now III
the market looking at nothing else put
wide. haring. circular effects. ms
only goes 10 prove that i Is the pubic
i'm general that creates mode ana
not the manufacturer, as many con-
Germs think.
4 representative Of an out-of-town
dress concern is showing model O.
satin-faced silk pOplir, trimmed WIN
lightweight piQue and very simple IN
lis lines. for s. that has the trade
guessing. At first. when this dress was
shown. many concerns who heard o. IL
thought il was just a novelty that
would soon be condemned by tne
BUYERS. Ever since the salesman has
been here showing the garment he mas
been enjoying the feeling OF getting
orders" When this garment was
shown. to Tribune representative pN
q prominent resident buyer. and ms
opiuion was asked. he said: III hardiN
seems possible that a dress OF TINS
kind can be turned out al that price
The resident buyer, taking the tp OF
The Tribune representative, ordered
quite a few garments and had tnem
distributed among his accounts. ~ was
not long before the merchants were re-
ordering heavily on this number, ana
tho result is that the manufacturer
cannot meet the demand. local man
ufscturer happened 10 be in the oihccs
whom 2 letter came from the out-of-
town manufacturer telling him that II
would take at least thirty DAYS TO MI
all his orders and asking the local
mar not TO mark the orders 'Kush'
As IL was impossible 20 meet the de-
mand. The resident buyer, always
willing 10 please his accounts, showed
the dress TO the local manufacturer
and asked if he could deliver the dress
a. the same price. The garment was
taken TO the factory. and the designer
soon found out that he could not make
il for 81. Several manufacturers arc
of the belief that the garment IS being
made where labor is cheap, or else the
concern is willing 70 lose a little money
on the garment in order 10 get estab-
lished. This is the first season that
this firm has been represented in the
local market.
The Green-Joyce Company, Of Colum-
bus. Ohio. with Offices at as Leonard ST.,
will move to their new quarters, az
354 Fourth av., Room 1905. the latter
part of this month. II. i. Renner Will
be in charge Of the local Office.
=. II. Pannell. who was formerly
readv-to-wear buyer for the J. r. Lane
Dry Goods Company. OF Los Angeles, rs
now acting in a similar capacity for the
j. n. Hale Company. of the same city.
Leo Duran, we'll known in the silk
trade and formerly associated with A.
Guichard e. Co.. is now serving with
the French. According to letters re-
ceived by friends in the New York mar
ket he has been assigned as Interpreter
with the Indian contingent OF the Brit
ism army.