CLOTHES AND THE MAN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 37, 13 February 1931, Page 5

CLOTHES AND THE MAN.

" CHART ORDER" SUIT METHOD

The advent of the "chart order" suit was referred to at the Arbitration Court this morning, when the award of clothing trade workers wfis under consideration. , Mr. S. E. Wright, the employers advocate, said that this class of gar" ment was a matter of evolution, it had been found that it was possible to produce as good an article by machine as by hand. Mr. Justice Frazer remarked that this evolution appeared also to emanate from the tailoring quarter as well as from the factory, and it was possible in time, that the .method of manufacture would be adopted generally. Hq excepted, of course, the more exacting requirements for high-class work, such as evening and dress suits. Mr, Wright agreed, and added that in these days the strictly tailored suit had come to be regarded as a luxury, Replying at a later stage to Mr. Moxsom, the union representative, the President of the Court said: "You look upon the factory cutter as a skilled worker and upon the shop tailor as an artist?" "Exactly," said Mr. Moxsom.