Talk:Trilby Yates

Date and address of founding?
The sources I was using for the article say the shop was founded in the 1920s at 200 Queen Street. However Papers Past searches without exception say the Ladies' Paradise (with that apostrophe BTW) was "opposite the Town Hall" or "next to the Town Hall". The first advertisement for Trilby Yates is in August 1923. A 1929 Trilby Yates advert for a "first class journey-woman" invited applications at 374 Queen Street, which is indeed opposite the Town Hall. By August 1930 there are two shops, at 179 and 374 Queen Street, but the shop is not supposed to have moved to 179 Queen St until 1936. They're definitely advertising at 179 on 14 April 1932. The street addresses and dates come from a booklet and website of the New Zealand Fashion Museum, so I think they may have their facts wrong. I'll pass this on to them. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 20:01, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Recent rollbacks
Out of a number of recent copy edits, I changed a few back: quick explanation why. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 00:36, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
 * "Founding fashion design company" —> "founder of fashion design" in NZ; I'm going with with phrase used in the sources, as it gives a more pivotal role to them than just a founding company.
 * Founding: definitely by 1923, probably earlier (see above), so not mid-1920s
 * We need to convey somewhere that Trilby died young, since it's something stressed by all the sources. We don't know why, or exactly how old she was. Help appreciated here.
 * The trouser display was the cause of the NZWW column, with a poll on whether women should wear trousers.