DEARER PRESS MATERIALS
A Wellington importing. and retail drapery house reporte that there aTe no prospects of a fall in.cotton dress materials. Voiles that sold retail last season at 25.6 d pei*, yard in England'are ,now quoted at'3s-6d. '•_ ' Noticeable variations' in .the London 1 retail price of materials were as follow :
Lyons silk manufacturers report 20 per cent, advance. It'is poi.hted out by the merchants that fabrics for the' coming season are ordered some nine or twelve months before they begin to be sold. The public, because they hear of a fall in raw cotton, are inclined to jump to the conclusion that 'cotton fabrics ought to be cheaper, overlooking tlio fact that the material was _ designed, wove.n, and dyed before the fall occurred. , - ' . ■
. < Price per yard. •■•■■■■■:' / . 1920. ■• 1921. _^ s. d. s. d. ?lain cotton voile ...'...>;. 211 311 ?rinted cotton voile 2 11 ' 4 6 sephyre and ginghams .„ 211 311 cotton poplin ......-•.....-• -3- 11 ..4 11 sponge cloth .4 11 611 Dotton foulards •• J U 5 »
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 32, 7 February 1921, Page 8
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DEARER PRESS MATERIALS
Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 32, 7 February 1921, Page 8
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