Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-28
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
Mems Clothing.


From Har'crs Bazaar
Business suits for men have the three gar
ments-coat. vest and trouscrs-made from one
piece of goods such a. the fine neat mixtures
and indefinite checks of English cloth or the
rough suting. Scotch cneviOts and English
hOmespunS. For fine mixed cloths the coat is
the English cut-away To button four buttons. or
merely 10 button one button across the chest:
the vest Is cut very high. and has a collar and
the trousers are medium tight-ftti The taste
this season j. for brown and Give shades in bust
ness suits. For lie Tough chcviOts and home
spun cloths sack coat Is preferred. and this
may he either double breasted pea-iac!iet or 4
sin-le-brca>ted eloSe-fttint sack. Very stylish
sack suits are made of English ali-woOl rou I'll
cloth in small checks of gray and b!;o with some
olive tlnts- Rough suits ot blue or black ribbed
Scotch cloth are made with = l,ca-iacket that has
SILK Racing and wilde braid on the esiyeS. Very
heavy pea Jackets to Wear without Ovcrcoats are
made sinGlc-JrsaStel. with velvet collar and
yeivet edges like binding.
pREssY MORNING SUITS.
Dressy morning suits TOR payin- calls lunches
etc. have a tOur-butt0n cut-away coat made of
either black or blue English cloth in fine diaeo-
mails. Orin the Lever cOrkscrew twilled pat terms.
The vest of tie same cloth is cut as high as the
coat. so that scarcely any 81 the scarf is seen.
The trousers have narrow stripes OF some odd
threads on black or brown
PAY DRESS SUITS.
Day dress suits fer making visits for church.
afternoon receptions and for day weddings for
groom. ushers snd @uests have the Prince Al
bert frock coat anh vest made of black or blue
diagonal or corkscrew cloth This coat is of the
length worn last year. and shorter than those
prev Iou~ly worn: ii shows only trlfle of the
scarf when buttoncI and is finished with sill,
facing and braid The trousers are light or else
OF DARN gray or brown like those described
above. 4 chang;. from this adopted by dressy
men for al; trnooa wear is a frock suit with the
three .ieces made of gray or brown diagonal
cloth OF the finest quality, flushed with silk fac
ing ant stitched cdxes.
EVENING; DRESS SUITS
Evening dress suits. not to be Worn in the
daylight, hut suitable for dinner parties the
opera, ard all flil-dress evening entertainments
are not changed in shape. The black swallow
tail dress-coat and low-cut vest are of West-of-
England broadcloh. and the trousers are OF
bIac!. dGeskin. The coat may have silk facinrs
with stitched edges. or plain tac;n"s with corded
edges Some dress suits are being made of fine
ribbed and cOrkScrew English cloths but the
best-dTcssed Men prefer trOadcloth and dee
skin
ONEPCoATS U!STERS. ETC.
Ovcrcoats of light weight for autumn wear
and for pleasant DAYS in winter are made of
fancy diagonal or OF corhscrew cloth or else of
Il material that resembles Melton. but is
rough, like camel's-hair. Brown. b,ua-gray.
and dark mixtures are the colors for these and
the shape is q sack of medium length with
silk facing extending to the edges Of the front
so that when t.ie coat Is thrown open EOthinr
but silk Is seen q lining. Winter Oyercoats
are of fur beavers AMI Elysans. with velvet
collar and velvet Edges Ike binding. These are
sln9e-ere.stcd SacAs with quilted silk iacinGs
and satin Innings. Men who object to rough
materials have 0yerc0atS made of the fine
smooth beaver. known as patent beaver. with
plain facings. stitched edges and velvet collar.
OliVe. brown. blue. gray and dahiia shades are
used Ter such Oyercoats. Some stylish younr
men wear for the Promenade suftcut oyercoats
OF this sMC0th beaver; these must not he very
long. ana should hot have the flaps and bone
buttons that make them like coachmans coat
Driyinr coats OF creanl-colored kersey are made
doube-hrea>ttd AMI very loose IN what is
called b0X-c9at style. listers are of ElySans
and otncr rough goods. made III the long New
market Shape
SHIRTS. COLLARS AND CUFFS.
Shirt UoSoms for day use remain perfectly
plain. in shield shape. and are made of three
thicknes>es OF linen. with Il very fine cord or
else merely rows of Stitching. on the edge that
laps. All ornament is useless for these hosoins
o. they are entirely concealed 10y the high vest
are usually made plain also. but Il novelty this
ef;tSon is the Introduction OF dots OF embroidery
done by the needle. the bosom: these
dots vary from tie mcreSt Sprcl to those that
are iU,iitn of al Inch in diameter. This is the
nneSf ncetile-Wo"k. ard Is adopted by men Of
fashion who would not Wear the snowy vines and
ViSnettes of embroidery formerly seen on shirt
h0$O1S. One large stud. which usually con-
tanS q precious stG!.r is worn with fjlll-tireSS
shirts The newest Standin. collars revive The
tii..f
Iacliy wcfa and called FI:-Iish collars: these
are very hi-.i all around leet iii front. and are
turned back in lGr-e points Another standing
Collar j. not . il c.it Slai.fnr in front aEG
Is worn Ia i::?. Touchdown collars are mar
row. nth shorter Points than those lately used
AMI 20 not meet in front. leaving a sEace OF al
inch or mere f0r tie bow of the scarf or the
siaii nect-tie. Cuffs are worn rather large.
with either square oT round corners that meet
instead OF tapping. and ere fastened by linked
buttons. NeEino underwear GENES this season
In gray a..d dark tar shades as vel! as white
while Slih Undrr9arncnts are of lavender OF
pearl color.
sCtEFs AND NECK-TIEs.
Small scar.s sli4htly puifel are preferred to
fiat scars: and while these are very small they
must be sufficiently large to cover that portion
OF the shirt bosom not hidden by the vest Satin
In stripes or small icur.S OF else quite plain. is
the material fort!"sG narrow pulled scaris. Very
these are - Nearly concealed 10y thevcSt and coat
that they arcnON worn III higher cOOrs than were
formerly seen ON men or taste Stripes across
Tie scarf are Wei marked. and iii contrasting
co!orS- For dres>y wear in the daytime
al weddings and receptions. white 9rcS
grain. ottoman silk. or satin is made into
these pulled narrow scIrfs. and these NAV
have little color introduced il SINAI. dashes
GG a. outlines OF quaint figures. For evening
IN! dress the narrowly folded white muslin tie
fastened ''E Il buckle las small stiff bow with
Tie St!a' T!It ends that are called banged ends
For qiict Gl;.Ter parties and informal eIltrrtain-
D'entS ntrrow black satin ties are made like
those iu~t noted. bUt white satin ties of this
Kind are taheoei. NUGGETS OF beaten gold
brac,l GOLD knots. twists Of gold cord pear
shaped beads q 2o.I CT OF enamel. animals
heds.> with i"wci"d eyes. scrpents or dragons ii
gold mixed with cC,olcd silver. squares OF
round dla..S decorated with Limoges enamel
and coio~ci pearls. sI1@ly or in clusters are
seen on new scarf pins for day true-Ioyers
Knot oi twisted gold. a plaque supporting pearls
or ether gems. are layUr.te designs for the pins
pTeS2ntcihy the bridegroom 10 lis best man and
HI ushcrS Linked s!ecye buttons are either
oval Of square and are in nuggets of gold or
twisted gold cord to match the scarf pin.
HOSIERY.
IlGlt"t1i socks. with the toes separated like
the fingers of gloves. are the novelties in fine