Fair Waist and Dress Company
Fair Waist and Dress Company was an early 20th-century women's apparel establishment, founded in 1909, located at 1372 - 1378 Broadway (Manhattan).[1] The physical location was a thirty-five story skyscraper which occupied the site of the former Knickerbocker Theatre (Broadway).[5] Fair Weather Waist and Dress Company were forced to submit to arbitration in a suit initiated against it by Susquehanna Silk Mills in April 1927.In a judgment rendered by the New York Court of Appeals, the Fair Waist and Dress Company was forced to pay $22,468 to the silk mills.U.S. attorney, Martin Conboy, asked for a temporary injunction to restrain the company from additional violation of the code.