A GREAT: BUSINESS.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12503, 2 April 1909, Page 4

A GREAT: BUSINESS.

;Mme./Paquiri, s the world-famous dressmaker, who has made costumes for almost . every royal lady in Europe, contributes a very interesting article to the current isue of the well- ■ known review "Marez." - '" She reveals secrets of fashion, -her methods, and , : the manner in which she ;crea.tes new models. -. . ;-A'few details, on the economical side of a great couturiere's firm may inter- " est trie reader.. . ..'.:. "In one year we' übo about 15,000 yards .of cloth. „ "60,000 yards of satin, velvet, chiff6n, and crepe' de chine. .- - ' ■ "31,000 yards of lining material. ; "50,000 yards of mousseline- de” soie. „ ; V .•-. ■■;•■•- . :•' •':-■•"• -• " "15,000 yards of Unens. ' . ' '30,000 yards of iiettle-cloth. ■ "10,000 yards of cretonne !'.- .-•■ "One of the most extraordinary figtfres is probably that of: silk-thread, used in our. > 'ateliers' : 15,000 miles 1 That is 26,400,000 yards! v . "The. needles are supph"ed by the : workers themselves. Tliey are con-' sidered as their tools. ...'"Of ■.pins we .use a ton-!-which means - . ab'oufc.ten : million pins! . . . , ''For bodices, collars, etc., ; we use 3501 bof whalebone and 7001 bof hooks and eyes. • ■ . " : ■ "Some of our lady sellers earn from £1000 to £2000. The heads of the ', vsltious departments and the first cutters from £400. to £1200!", -