Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-05
QUALITY CLOTHING
MORE IN DEMAND
Sharp Sales Gain Spurs
Manufacturers Planning
Spring Offerings.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 5.-Sharr
gains in sales of quality Spring cloth
ing for men, and somewhat smaller IN
| creases in the better type Of women;
CO. is and dresses for Spring, are en-
couraging cloth manufacturers as they
prepare to open next seasons lines here
this week
One of the makers of more expensive
mems suits said today that sales OF
Spring clothing retailing as high as STE
q suit we're 81 per cent ahead of the
corresponding period year ago, "be-
cause consumers are firing rapidly Of
cheap goods"
Coating end suiting material opened
officially by one New England mill here
today features crepeS-an all-WoCl creme
coating, a spiral cord allworsted crepe
several fabrics of the matelaSse type
one a spiral, the second q crinkle and
the third a twill crepe These fabrics
range from 10 to IL ounces.
Another mill sD0tltghtS sT10r' +v'-a~~
suede, rabbit-hair cloths and broad
cloths. Thus far it has booked some
volume advance business on several
kenny tweeds for travel coats. chill
dren's garments and boys topcoats.
Offerings Delayed.
The opening of Spring lines is slower
than usual chiefly because the mills are
uncertain about fluctuations Of raw ma
terials, such as silk, wool and cotton
Thus coat offerings in women's Spring
lines will not be ready until early Janu-
ary. Although there is a disposition to
stress domestic-made cloths, the fluctu-
ations CT foreign exchange. especially
the pound sterling, are bound to bring
in considerable cloth both for mems
and Womep's wear next Spring
Such imports would fit in nicely with
some of the present style trends. 1t is
estimated, for instance, that the VOL
ume of business on the English drape
suit for Spring will be about one-third
above that of the Fall season just past,
and may account for as much as is per
cent Of the total Spring business.
Increased demand for standard types
of merchandise is causing many coat
and clothing cutters here to show in
terest in the "square-inch system, p"
which. utilizing the "square-inch" guide
rule, increases or decreases sizes from
q standard Sc size for different models,
Thus, instead of handing a cutter a
piece of goods and letting him guess
how to get certain number of gar
ments out Of 1.-THE common practice
the lengths are cut to the determined
measurements for each size. This not
only removes waste from cutting, but
assures standard sizes, since clerical
! records keep check on the original
and subsequent cuttings.
Inventories Taken.
With this system, which is being used
by the bigger clothing cutters, every
cutter knows beforehand the number
Of square inches of cloth allowed him
for various lines. These have all been
determined by test layouts, giving care
full thought to cloth pattern.
While some houses are opening or
preparing to open Spring lines, quite
b few dry goods wholesalers are taking
inventories this week. Some of these
wholesalers have been SO cautious about
their stocks and future business trends
that they have delayed ordering sJcn
lines as wash goods and bedsp-eads.
with the result that these wares cannot
be displayed until after the turn OF the
year
Although the quality trend applies to
clothing 1t seems that work shirts still
have a price-basis appeal. One of the
largest merchandising stores over the
week end ordered $4,000 dozen work
mems shirts to retail at 20 cents each.
tCopyright. 1927