The spring book of B. Kuppenheimer & Co. : illustrating a new century of clothing-radically different from the old-and incidentally depicting the more striking chances in men's wear during the past one hundred year (1900)
Kuppenheimer, B., & Co · Chicago : Kuppenheimer & Co. · leaf 37
thefabric finished by a mechanical process, obtain-ing the appearance and many of the qualitiesof silk, more or less permanent. Named afterMercer, discoverer of process. Mixture—General term for any melange weaveor effect. Mohair—A light, thin, shiny fabric of enormousdurability; from the wool of… … The very Napoleon, thevery Byron, in some sevenyears, has become obsolete,and were now a foreigner tohis Europe. Thus is the Lawof Progress secured; and in clothes,as in all other external things,whatsoever, no fashion willcontinue. —Carlvle. 21 Mr. Dealer: A man who gets fooledin a suit or coat at…
Clothing and dress
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