Brown, Henry Collins, Valentine's manual of old New York 1927

(New York :  Valentine's Manual Inc.,  1927, c1926.)

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Recognizing  an  old  figure-head.
 

CHAPTER V
 

The "Tailor Made" Gown Appears - The Tam O'
Shanter and the Form Fitting "Jersey" - Grey
"Plug" Hats - "Dicers" - "Where Did You Get That
Hat?" - Slouch Hats - Photogr.^phs of Celebrities,
Pach, Hegger, Ritzman
 

THE  Elegant  Eighties  saw  the  introduction  of   the
"tailor-made" gown, and a correspondingly new in¬
dustry, "Ladies Tailoring."    Before that ladies had only
known the  "modiste"  as  a professional constructor of
apparel.    Ladies tailoring originated in England and so
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