Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-15
FASHIONS FOR GENTLEMEN.
Spring Styles of Coats. Vests,
Pants, Hats, Shoes and Canes.
The Cost Of Fashionable Toilet.

The Cost of Fashionable Toilet.
From the New York Evening Gazette.l
As spring opens and the thick clothes
of winter give way for those that are
thinner, the gentlemen are naturally
anxious to know how to make up a
fashionable toilet The trade is opening
briskly, and on fair days the larger es.
tablishments of the city are crowded
with well formed and fine looking gentle
men, who examine the new styles to Sc
cure the latest novelties. From the crown
of mans hat to the sole of his feet there
is a complete change this year in the
style of his dress. English fashions
seem to prevail to great extent; and
we find the hat, the boot, the coat,
watchguard and cane are directly pat
termed or imported from "the dear old
mother country There is better taste
displayed this year in geatlemen's dress
than heretofore, with one or two excep-
tions. We are glad to notice this im-
provement, for the tendency of the
Americans is to run to extremes.
The English walking sack coat made
of both rough and smooth goods, falling
gracefully to the hips, will be worn this
spring upon the street as q business coat.
The London frockcoat, single and
double-breasted, made of English mel
tons, smooth-faced goods, and cassi-
meres, the la2elles and collars of medium
size, will be extensively worn as spring
coat, both for the street and drawing
room. The faVorite colors are the
claret, brown, dahlia and the blues.
Vests will be made of the same material
as the coats, while the pants will usually
be lighter. A claret coloree coat and
vest, with light cashmere pants, not
only makes fashionable suit but il is
also in very good taste. Numbers of
gentlemen are ordering these for the
spring season. For an evening dress,
or open coat, the plain swallow tail is
fashionable, with vest of the same ma
terial. Silk velvet vests are out OF fash
ion.
The tendency now is TO have evening
suits as plain as possible, without even
n velvet collar to the coat. The vests
for evening wear are to be cut low, with
only three buttons. Pants must be
plain and black to match. There will
be no facing of lapelles with silk or vel
vet, and save on wedding occasions, the
coat should be lined with black.
For pants, the light cassimeres, with
hair line stripes and a wide silk band, are
in greater demand. These are brown and
white, blue and white, black and white
in fact of all colors. Shepherds plaid
and mixed Scotch casSimeres will be
fashionable. All the stripes and plaids
are exceedingly small and delicate; any
thing larger than this is loud, and not
fashionable. Pants will continue to be
made small in the legs, much to the sat
isfaction ofthose who are able to display
more developed calves. r.f-sg-1
Spring oyercoats will be made Of drabs,
and light mixtures, steel-mixed and
brown cloths
Prices this year range about the same
as last, for custom made goods A single
breasted paletot, made of tricoe or pique
cassimeres, can be had from twenty-
seven to forty.two dollars; vests, made
of cassimeres, from seven to eleven dol
lars; pants, from nine to eleven dollars.
Breakfast and smoking jackets which
come to the hips, made of light cassi-
msres, and lined with sly are rapidly
taking the place Of long dressing gowns
Shooting coats, pants and vests, are
made of velveteen, linen ducks and cor
duroy. A velveteen street or business
coat is decidedly in fashion. 1t is a sack
or business coat
For silk hats there is the bell crown
low English hat There is considerable
crown to the brim, and they are much
wider than they have been for years.
Low crowns are worn altogether in
preferences to high ones. The Henrietta
is a droop brim, fancy banded, hall
round top felt hat, with the colors OF the
famous yacht inside The Derby bat Is
always in demand il has a round top
and is stiff brimmed. The Jerome, OF
English Walton hat--a low crowned felt
stiff brimmed-will be much worn this
spring. Asa general thug caps are not
in fashion, there being no call for them.
The Parspa cap has what is called q
melon TOP, pulls over in front, and car
ries a droop visor. Ii is made Of the
same cloth which gentlemen wear for
their pants. 10 other styles Of hats We
have the soft dashes, the corquets, made
Of soft felt, the katy-dids, Ristori and
Richelieu.
Baton boots with box toes, and box
toed Congress boots with imitation bat
tons are 10 the hight Of the mode IL
nav be ven 10 explain that the box-tOe
Is the pointed English toe, With the inner
sole eorked up At The toe Of The shoe on
boot 80 as 10 lift up the upper leather,
preserving lie form and keeping Il from