The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-08-02
FASHIONS FOR GENTLEMEN,
rnc Nobby styles About New York,

The NObby styles About New York.
From the World Of Both. ........
In looking over the prevailing New
York styles for gentlemen one cannot help
noticing an increasing tendency towards
copying the English pattern. We may
aiih At the cCcGntriCilics of tho COCknGy
with his COCkadG, monogram buttons, and
uulAingglassCs, but every time he comes
In New York he shows lis the cut Of the
coat which we will certainly adopt In less
than year And when GCCentriCiLiGs and
ryccsscs are talked about the New Yorker
IL far behind the LOndOnCr rs To his taste
in many respects. For instance, If tho hat
brim is make quarter Of an inch broader
in London, il will appear In New York
with II brim enlarged fully half M inch.
llthc Englishman's trousers arc cut down
to Ill more shapCly TO the Icy, rs soon rs
the slow fashion wave has crossed the AT.
nnlic New Workers will come out in
tights. London will be the centre OF
fashion 50 long rs the English wOOllcns
ARE 81 much superior TO the Enthusiastically
,lulI turned out by our domestic manu-
lecturers, or ut least so long NJ the high
tariff il kept up on the better foreign lab.
rig, making us pay Tor two coats where
We ret only one. TO dress well In this
country Is n positive luxury. Every En-.
gIsIInan wears good cloth, the clerks and
accountants of London dressing better
than most Of our merchants. There Is
Aosllch thing, then, rs New York fash.
ions Tor gentlemen. There Is always u
New York "style," which Is u slight al.
tcralion not in every case m improve.
mcnl, Of the London fashion.
The coat most generally worn by the
fashionable gentlemen ut the watering
places this season Is the same that was
seen at all the English sen side resorts last
year. For country wear this garment Is
simply perfection ITSELF 1t Is ut once
cool, drcssy, and "ncgligee." 1t Is n
lOublC'breasted sack, neither too short
nor too long. The material Is either
wooden serge or fine angola, and NJ they
are cut skeleton they admit the mir freely.
The COlOrs are all dark, chiefly plain
trays and drabs, or black and brown mix.
lures There are two side.pOCkels Nnl h
breast packet on the outside covered with
TAPS The coat buttons up well In front,
hut II Is cut loose, and ~ the material Is
light and Caarscly woven II makes u gar.
mcNt as cool rs any could he. Some Of
lAr heavier liagOnals arG made up IN an.
other style similar to the lIaymnrkCt coat,
doOhlebreasted and Cutaway. These are
rnta little longer than the sacks, button
upwcll, and have the advantage Of show.
Ing oil the lower part Of the wAistCOat
and the chain. The sack, however, is the
rA most preferred II Is quite as dressy
Wthe other, and Is never caught by the
wind, as il fits to its place like II sailors
hCkct Two or three fashionable tailOrs
IN Filth avenue have had all they could
do to I'LL tho orders for these garments
since the opening Of the season. I..
The morning cont remains about the
same in cut and make II Is cut away
enough tn show four buttOnSOl q double
breasted vest, and Is made to wear open
ormttoncl, according 10 pleasure While
There has been no material alteration In
Tue Shape Of the coat, the material OF
which 1t Is made has been improved by
S'mc fine impOrLatiOns. Besides the black
basket goods, there are now In the mar
Ncl some beautiful patterns called the
clearinghouse stripe" and the "hOney.
comb Nc, These patterns are mostly In
lglt or dark blue, and some Ore rs beat.
'Ill A. they are new.
The style Of the iroCk or halldress coat
otSlrrct wear also remains unchanged.
ilESltlI named after the Prince Of Wales
nsaIways made double.breasted; and Is
outflow enough down to show some Of
,4c waistCoat The material Is black or
n.1C coatngs, generally plain. A cuff
WIN two buttons Is made at the end Of
lhesIecvcs. In London the frock.coat for
JUS summers wear Is made Of light mel
IONS or gray angOlas, cut easy 10 the
vast and buttOned to the third hole.
some are made with velvet collars and
,Ik Skirt iacings, with fancy silk buttons
mmalch. The walking.coat Is now often
made with the old plaits in the skirts for
tgV,rt buttons, a Ia mRitdiV. Some OF the
Ml,IomOIc tailOrs now provide each coat
~Sllh a simple but convenient apparatus
,,t holing the flower in the bution.hole.
~ consists merely Of n short elastic on
l.c under side Of the lapel, and holds the
sem ct the flower precisely rs a pin