The women of this "half-world" are in touch with the world of art and fashion, and when the rich costumers and woman-decorators want what they call ideas, it is to these lust-women they go.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
He'll take it, but he seems to think your charge rather high-more than that of most costumers, he said.
"Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley"
Belle K. Maniates
At each of these two studios there is employed a number of stage-directors, scene-painters, carpenters, property-men, photographers, costumers, electricians, clerks, and general assistants, besides a capable stock company of actors and actresses, whose generous numbers are frequently augmented by the addition of a special star, or by a number of extra performers, such as Rough Riders or other specialists.
"Edison, His Life and Inventions"
Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin