Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-08-05

At meeting OF the Architectural Association
In London. q paper on "Art In Costume" was
recently read by Mr. J. A. Gotch. in which he
spoke Of the costume OF men. and made some
| suggestions. He said:
'one Of tho most obvious thnss about mans every
day dress ugline-s When pleasure he is bent ha
may wear pretty much Whist he likes; aud. ~ matter
S fsSs when he aas
dress which Is both sensible and pictaresage: !.
on basnest or paying cal. or s , g. SSrsh %
comfortable"
After condemning and ridiculing the top
hat" and the ordinary frock coat. Mr.. Gotch
went on 10 say that the worst and uglest feat
ure In modern costume was trousers. which
seemed TO have been evolved from the tight
trousers and Welllngtons of the early part of the
century; these. in their turn, having grown from
the knee-hreeches and stockings OF me years
earlier. History had no record OF a garment at
once so simple and so ugly.
Trousers are not economical inasnuch as they eet
are always setting dirty at the ankles They are no,
pscs sap.ed either for cold or for wet on vet
me ran and I, neessststes ehangns the hole Esrnes
Joint which renders trousers practcsy SO objetion
abe The substitution Of kniekerhockers OF Knee.
The as1 shsnss is 80 simple s 50 eestpa
SSS 9a ,Sidsawake q biy cock hat has cara
Gle. ready to the head"
Coats could not be so absolutely condemned
but the lecturer suggested some notifications:
IF the coat-seeye tight and the collar but
toned high there would he no necessity scarcely
no necessity for shirt at all What thenr Is linen
shirt sine qua nonf Not at all At present it's only
Do away with the shirffront and cuffs and you may
jersey Suppose we adopted rn sIr ses%an erseS
lie collar misht appear above the coat lis uffs below
Otherwise. Such costume would certainly he moro
simie and artistic and as for its oddity that is mere
cost The watch and other small mirht car
bnttoned up but if t%ere left open i would not dis.
play the same kind of dshabille now; while neckte
1rey collar Ii it were thousht sirabe 10 ornament
the e9at 1t misht well be dome 10y making the nesesssry
ten which the Greeks adopted They ornsmentei the.
then. according the way in which the garment
Morn tbs pattern varied in effect. We might ADOPT
ferent For summer very practical and useful feature
might he introduced 10y simply having short sleeves TO
in summer every knows, thick Tapping sleeves
sa 8 nSa
S SeaIS an Sep r er to
upon the collar aud necke will well repay the trouble,
the eye naturally lights in conversation snd small
Piece OF bright color is very Precious in these days Of
The author of the paper thought there was
much room for improvement and attention I'm
the coors OF our clothes. OF all the horrible
inventions Of feeble clothmakers the shepherds
pldu pattern was he SAID. the most dreary man
dressed I'm a black coat shepherds plaid trou-
sers, and nondescript artificial necktie, was Q
sight to rouse pity in his bitterest foe. Black
was much too freely used nowadays, though
rather less than formerly. There was no reason
for it. except desire to be In the fashion. The
lecturer said:
Avoid artificial neckties. If you cannot tie one
yourself. learn. Who that the matter his serious
CONSIDERATION would consent stiff board his
BOSOM carefully made TO look ike folded cloth, and
with Tin stuck in that docs good snd only there
for appearance; Yet believe the heather do
wear such Things. If you have pun that YOU want 20
wear, by all means il only choose for its display
neckte whore stru ture requires it, one where
1t does no good whatever Then % gloves, If you
want to keep your hands c,ean, them; IL
not. don't IT, however, You prefer 10 belong 10 the
unthlnkng herd, by a means them whenever you
think fashion dictites them o hot day I'm
mer and spoil air every time yon ut them on"