| Show WHO ARE THE BEST DRESSED the question as to which nation ie i the best dressed is raised by an article in la revue entitled et by M albert who awards tho palm to americana over english people or those of any other country americans i a rule dress far better and more smartly than europeans he says side by side with the latter they invariably have the appearance of being turned out and span an american who had landed at horn bury on his first european tour told us how surprised he had been to notice that only poor live in europe mr frederick bosworth the new burlington street court costumier and tailor informed a dally mail representative senta tive yesterday that comparing the american business men and women who go every morning to the city and return every evening with our london crowds the former are decidedly neater in appearance the american woman too shows more daintiness and what I 1 might call sense of in choice of material making up and way of displaying it to the very bot advantage english women even 0 the most cultured class do not show anit invariable excellent taste in ditroi which almost every american woman shows american ladles often pay as much for a cotton dress with dainty alsatian lace eddings edgings and ns Is given for a court costus as much ag 40 and 50 pounds A member of the firm of skinner af grant the well known regent street tailors who had spent som years in tho united states said that there was no that american people men a well as women were well dressed but not so well dressed as the members of our english upper classes that Is society people another famous west end tailor put the matter thus no englishman orders from america few Aerl cans who can afford it and who prize style quality and alt order their clothes anywhere else but in london the extent of t rans atlantic trade has already been pointed out and I 1 am within the mark in saying that the very existence of some of our most famous firms in west london depends upon upon american custom the cultured is probably as well dressed in all respects as any man in europe but in saying that wo are only paying ourselves a compliment for almost without exception the clothes come london london mall |
