TAILORING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19980, 23 December 1926, Page 6

TAILORING.

According lo one tailor, who is in a position to know, trade for tailors during the past 12 months had not been quite up to that of the previous year. The Christmas trade has been somewhat slow in starting but he had to refuse orders from a number who made application a little late, an< : prospects for the commencement of th new year are particularly bright. Theris good reason to believe that the comin year will he a year of colour in men's wear The men are tending markedly to approach the colours favoured by women, and tradjournals at Home record that of late th colour note in men’s clothes has been great!> developed. There is a demand, especialh by the younger generation, for distinctive colourings. While the Oxford bags havenot actually “taken on” in this country there is a decided tendency for trousers to be worn considerably wider than they used to be. especially at the bottom. As far as prices go thera is exceedingly little rfwJuo-

tion in the higher class worsteds, but in tweeds rajlors are now able to supply « really high-grade article in (he vicinity of £7 15s. New Zealand mills have'shown a vast improvement in design during the last 12 months. One of the features of the trade during the spring was the largely-in creased amount of ladies r work entrusted to tailors. According to one tailor once they get a woman customer they are sure of keeping her, for a woman once having worn tailored clothes will never go back to anything else Mauves. heliotropes, light blue, biscuit, colour, and almost every conceivable shade have been in favour. It is interesting and significant to learn that in the tailoring trade the relationship between masters and men are of the most harmonious character, and both sides are doing their utmost to meet the demand for reduced cost of production. “We have a fine set of men to deal with,” said one master tailor summing up the position.