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Title: 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
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Kuppenheimer, B., & Co
Subjects: Clothing and dress
Publisher: Chicago : Kuppenheimer & Co.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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CountUOrsay b 1798—d 1803 He seemed shomly dressedtill you looked for particulars^and then it seemed only asimple thing well fitted to amagnificent person. -N. P. Willis. 29 Mr. Dealer: Any of our clothes withthe label are returnable. Its not your loss—^itsours. We seldom have to doit, tho—glad to, wheneverwe must. Trousers—Never, never, call them pants.Tuxedo—A semi-formal dress coat without tails.Tweed—An open, soft, flexible twilled cloth, closely spun and finely woven, but slightly fulled.Unfinished Worsted—A soft dull finished cloth, slight nap.Union Cassimere—Of a quality with satinet but with a woven instead of printed pattern.Venetian—A cloth milled and cropped bare in finishing.Vicuna—A soft twilled cloth similar to Cheviot, made of the wool of the Andes vicugna.Wale—A ridge or streak rising above surface of cloth, running entire length or width. 30 SPRING BOOK MDCCCC
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In Trousers Again Getting back into the field—andtaking front rank at the start. We shall show the very best line oftrousers ever shown by any onehouse, we make no exceptions. That is to say, we get woolens andworsteds for trousers only, makesure that the goods are right, cutfrom our perfect fitting patterns,made up by our best work people,skimp nothing and sell close,grousers for particular people. We doubt if any other house inthe land can show quite as choicecollections of fancy pure worsteds,all wool cassimeres,homespuns,tweeds, etc. You can fit any man and everyman—in waist, in legs, in purse. We show the best trousers to behad, at prices that mean practicallyselling at cost to get double thetrouser business of any other housemaking as good goods—if there isany other. We send sample trousers any-where for more business. No. ID. Trousers Made with side pockets unless ordered otherwise. XVll SPRING BOOK MDCCCC

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