Coats

Fashion author, tastemaker, and photographer Cecil Beaton reported that the Duchess of Argyll “admitted her clothes are a result of inordinate care and thought, that she buys them in New York because they are of better value, but goes to Paris to keep her eye in... Custom customers have their own saleswomen (referred to as salesladies) and fitters. They select a wardrobe in the privacy of a fitting room overlooking Central Park.”