A FASHIONABLE RENDEZVOUS.
TAILORING A.ND THE MAN. It was Shakespeare who said "Tlie apparel oft proclaims the Man," and alfrhmrgh this stfl.tement''was masto many 5W ago it is Kowrtbeiess' Iruo 'today. If a man wishes to be dressed tipto the standard that- fashion demands he must consult a good tailor. For instance, rapid expansion, loth in business and in promises, thoroughly mod-
i; «m principles of' employiiiefit,. .a.nd i | Marked popularity In-.tte 'owi» eoniitrj are- dwractoSstfcs of tire Wellington : tailoring firm of D. Milliantt a»d Co. [ Thirteen _ years ago tiso business Was I founded in Kdburn Avenue, in three I Kmaii rooms.. Those have repeatedly f beeji extended, till the last expansion ' has increased tljfl firm's premises from 3 the cable-car tumid to Lambkin Quay i oij one :loor, a frontage, ai* 250 feet, | with iioarfy as .big a s.faco on another, t flijd ,a useful ground fltfar frontage, the . ground floor is taken Bp with, show • 'rooms; the- nest abo-va with fitting mid cutting apartments, and the top floor is occupied by the work rhoras. Forty employees work in the building, and k the yearly output is such that it. flock of f 2000, sheep would be. required io supply ' the Wool for the c-lotii used. T.hd firm . finds that about a third of its work is f ordered by people not. resident in Wel- > lington, and. visitors .ifntij all pttrts at the world have their clothes made there. E Addresses in.Argentina, Borneo, Straits l Settlements, Chins., to say nothing of Eitgland, America, and Australia, aro to he found on the hooks. . the firm makes a- specin! feature tif vts <waditinns of employment and ihe treat- > moni of its employees. Sjttesieai sel.ee- > tions (per phonograph) aro part of the j lunch hour routine, especially in wet j weat her; afternoon - tea' is regularly - , served, and the workrooms are decorated I with pictures and flowers. Tp the bright 1 and Ires 1 thy surroundings Hf. Jfrl'ligim ; partly attributes tho high efficiency of • his staff. In eight years he has never 3 ' had an employee take a day off through 1 insobrjoly. ■ _ These characteristics a.U go to ■ejta'b- , lish the standing of the !irm. The foun- ' datioii of skilled workmen iii good surroundings is solid. The materials used are tie test procurable ' Jlie. artistic element necessary in the best tailoring i ens ired % jiff Mtlligait's purxsrvision iTe was, three years ago hall-marked ss m expert by election as a member of the. institute of British Tailors, m recognition of his winning the London Tailor, and Aea.itoiii.tV etiiiipfrtitifiil in: cutting lrook and dress coats.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2191, 2 July 1914, Page 10
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432A FASHIONABLE RENDEZVOUS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2191, 2 July 1914, Page 10
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