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Publishers Preface
The material changes in gentlemen's garments are so gradual and comparatively slight, that a good work on their production may continue to be of practical value for well nigh a generation. The case stands very differently with Ladies' Garments, which change—very materially so in some cases—every season; necessitating a new work for their production every two, or at most, three years. Apart from this necessity in point of new styles and fashions, many inquiries have been made lately as to whether we had a work on Ladies' Garments by the Cutters' Practical Guide System, and if not, whether we intended preparing such. The work we now introduce being based on the "Guide" System, it is thus prepared to meet a two-fold want or demand—an instructor and guide to the production of all the new and popular styles in tailor-made garments; and also the demand for such a work by the Practical Guide System.
The work itself will bear testimony to its scope, and the way in which every current, as well as new style of Ladies' Tailor-made Garment is treated and illustrated. Here we have the systems for producing the garments, each illustrated by beautifully engraved diagrams; and there is further, the finished garments, illustrated upon artistically engraved figures. The work thus presents a completeness, which renders it an invaluable acquisition to the Ladies' cutter. Should the inexperienced or timid cutter hesitate to use his own productions by these systems, our arrangements for supplying Special Cut Patterns of any style of ladies' garment—if the style can be conveyed to us—at a very nominal price, will meet the difficulty, at the same time allow him to compare our pattern with his own production.
We doubt not but this new and latest Work will fully sustain the character we have already attained by the Works now being published at the Tailor and Cutter Office.
