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Show Stealing Dress Secrets By EILEEN ELIZABETH. CURTAIN" dressmaking firms will do anythinc ro to almost al-most any expense to obtain in advance the sccrels of the new model which their rivals aro preparing pre-paring for the coming season. Tliov often succood, too, despite thc fact that I ho greatest vif-ilunco is always exorcised lo keep secret the inn? fashions which aro boing devised. As each season approaches the fashion thieves of London. Paris, ISrcw York, Vicuna and othor dress centers aro hard at work tryimr lo obtain particulars of tho now dress ideas of various famous establishments. establish-ments. Thero aro always plouty of unscrupu-lous firms willing and ensror to give bitr prices lor tho snmp. And of course, if. a dress artist has spout endleHs tmin and hundreds of pounds in. perfecting a new 'model, it is practically useless if sumo r'nal nstnblhment, man-aces man-aces to be beforehand with tho saiuo design. , , . Needless lo say, these fashion thieves must possess plenty of: kit-voir kit-voir faire. and be well oducuted; I hoy huve nothing in common with tho regular criminal class. Often tho most ingenious and baffling methods aro displayed by them. For last a uce, the famous drees-makincr drees-makincr houses hold periodic private pri-vate shows of now models, to which only the "e.ream,, of their clientele arc invited. Often the ' aceiit of some unscrupulous firm inn mines to obtain admission, and though no one is alio wed. to take anv notes of: fho new fashions exhibited ex-hibited the establishment noon finds a rival house showing tepro- ductions of their vory choicest and H'fhjj most original new models. ' 0V f In somo cases fashion thieves . cain admission to theso. private Kh;. viows bv means of fac similo mvi- KMjj tation cards: in smue.oaso? by cor- j root cards gained in many . a V ." straneo and curious way. Again, UftljTC it somotinics happens that an no- MS; tual client of the establishment will memorize the details of certain ijCU'; models, and sell them to somo rival IjtS house. M , Ijvij-K One of the cutest methods em- -Via plovod bv fashion thieves occurred 'Ift first in 'Paris since then it has ViM been repeated again and again Mwir with a cood deal of success. A ladv of Avoalthy appearance tvfUR and unquestionable, address called , at a bier dressmaking establish- . MfcH mont to see. somo new models. She jl:fl L mnde a purchase, and then re- st3f? quested that some new dciigus bo jwftf'55 submitted to her. These were sent effl k and tho ladv made another pur- j I- chase. Again she asked for morn Ui- fc desitrns of now models to be sent ? jrw for her to look over. In rotiiTU Ihfcfe sho received a batch of choicojt h gjjjf, designs, chiefly of an individual IScilVj unique character. Jf the lirni an- SmIs; ticiimtod good order they were hMLfy disappointed, for nothing more was JjJ ever heard of the lady in question. wM'f Onlv within a vcrv short time a Mai5' rival house was discovered show- iusr model gowns based on all the j$R designs which had been submitted j naffi!-: to the psoudo society lady. ffifl&Pi Sometimes, of course, it happens ms3m that fashiou secrets are stolen and Iff? ifjfv sold bv porsonr- eiuploved in the Hf'i'fM'' various firms. Sometimes again I'SlT' uiisorupuloiis firms will contnvp to II :. g-et an agent of their own into a h J ' viva house na model for instance. Ufa But tkis occurs 011 ly rarely, 0 L'-" r |
