Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-09-21
Masculine Fashions.

In neck wear the puff scarf is to take
the place of all the various shapes of
flat ''breastplates.n This is an adapta-
ton of the French style, and the manu-
features are vying with one another in
the %endeavort produce the handsomest
effect. The small figures and polka
dots that have been so popular in the
past will be superseded by fiaring colors
and rich velvets. All the grounds are
brilliantly lighted and covered in the
brightest t~ints-cardinal. gold, bright
blue, g%endarine, etc. The De Joinville
scarf also win find many admirers. The
designs are mostly bold, in two-color
spots and rings, and all over issued
satins.
In handerchiefs, new designs are
shown in mostly of . plain color u
rounded with a brilliant border, Of
Roman colors and large spots. The
silk handkerchief is scarcely shown save
in the variety known as English silk,
and plain white is to be more popular
among the ultra fashionable than it has
been for eight years.
In half-hose, Roman colors will be all
the rage; #terra-cotta shade is to be, how
ever, a strong favorite. In pure silks,
for full dress wear, black win be gener-
ally worn, but other solid colors. navy
blue, garnet, etc, will find purchasers.
In collars, there will be no material
change, the standing close-fitting collar
finding the greatest number of admirers.
There are no changes to report in
shirts for evening dress, and, although
some very dressy young men will wear
an embroidered front, the plain bosom
with small studs is the proper thing.
The open front is worn more than it has
been for years, and. it is something of
a novelty of late years, it bids fair to be
all the go.
In underwear, heavy English Balbrig-
gan shirts are shown in all the esthetlc
tints-terra alba, sage, and terra Gotta,
with silk stripes, though solid colors of
the same tints will also be worn These
suits are very handsome, and will sell
at from 81 to SIS a suit. Pure silk I'M
derwear is unchanged in everything;
it is a trifie too expensive for manufac-
turers to attempt to force any decided
colors into it, and in the well known
color it cannot be initiated and shows
for itself. Suits for winter wear will
cost from S15 to S35-depending on the
quality and size desired.
Suspenders will be non-elastic silk in
rich sporting designs, and the polka dot
will be popular, %variously mounted with
silver, and gilt chains and white calf
skin.
The favorite colors for gloves will be
mahogany and red tan; the material
will be fine chevrette. 1t is impossible
to thoroughly stamp out the standard
black, though self-embroidered will be
worn.
In jewelry the unique French patterns
viii find a ready sale for scarf-pins, as
there is an increasing taste for designs
that are not worn by everybody else;
and as the fashions in this article change
so frequently, gentlemen prefer to pur-
chase the imported article in preference
to the pure gold and jewelled pins
shown by the jeweler. In rings and
sleeve-buttons hammered and plain
Roman gold, incrusted, will be enregle
The stones to be worn are diamonds,
acqua marine, jacinth, pink, tourma-
line, and crysolite, though much latitude
is allowed in this matter. -New York
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