St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-16
STYLES FOR MEN.

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said young man to Broadway tailor
speaking of dinner he had attended th'
night before. The tailor smiled, and said
"That is all going to be changed. Yor
are not the first man who has been crushed
by the swell clothing of the man who filled
your glass.''
Show are you going to help it?'
'By changing the material of which tht
dress suits for gentlemen are made. Broad
cloth has been the only cloth since the
memory of man for gentlemen and for wait
ers. The elderly gentlemen and other con-
servatives stick to the broadcloth, but the
| thing to get for your next dress suit is di
agonal or basket pattern in black. Coat
| waistcoat and trousers are all made from the
same piece. These goods are lined witt
silk and are bound with narrow braid
| The cuffs are bound around about foul
inches from the end of the sleeve, and un
derneath two imitation buttonholes are work
ed and two buttons sewed on. Tha coat:
are cut closer to the figure than they used tt
| be.''
els there any reason for this!"
eyes. It is because we can do it. The
diagonals are an easier, more elastic kind Of
goods. They give with the motions of the
body. This enables us to fit the form better
and at the same time leaves the wearer a;
easy as if he was dressed in business suit
''What becomes of the white Marseilles
waistcoats?,'
.'They hold their own. Full evening
dress, where ladies are to form part of the
company, is not complete without white
waistcoat, and never will be. The cut Of
this garment differs from the old style &
little. It exposes more of the shirt front. u
GLOW about the coming cut of trousers!'
s'Trousers are not quite so tight, but they
follow the shape of the legs"
'Is it possible to revive the old silk hose
and knee breeches?'
''Not here. Possibly it could be done
among class in the old country who de-
vote no time to business. The use of knick-
erbockers in Scotch cheviots, with blouses,
for gentlemen who are going into the
country is increasing. They are very com
Portable to tramp in. The line is drawn al
the city limits"
"Will there be any change in business
suits?"
''No. The sack coat will have the run.
Many brokers down here will wear four
button cutaway coats in diagonals, with
striped trousers. That is really the most
elegant business suit. A man is ready in
such a suit to go anywhere except to the
opera or to reception. Some prefer Prince
Albert coats, but the majority fancy the
sack coat, and the majority set the fashion"
81 occasionally see gentleman with a
figured waistcoat of rather loud color"
eyes. wish few, not many, would dis
play taste like that. I haye quantity OF
stuff that would like to sell. 1t was left
from three years ago."
TIGHT TROUSERS MUST GO.
"Some of the papers announce the mel
ancholy fact that tight trousers must go,''
said reporter to one of Boston's best
known tailors.
eyes," was the reply, 'the eel-sldns as we
call those absurdities, are evidently doomed.
They were never very popular except with a
few ultra-fashionable young fellows, and fol-
some time past we have been cutting trous-
ers comfortably wide. The fashion will I'M
doubtedly be the medium size. while wide
trousers will be the extreme style.'
'How about coats;
'tWell, it's rather difficult to say anything
definite about coats. We generally cut those
to suit individual tastes. Frock coats have
been, and will probably continue to be, quite
popular for street wear For half-dress an6
evening wear cutaway coats will be worn 6
great deal. The coats in the spring and sum-
mer will not be cut away so much, and viii
be made with three or four buttons. If you
have more than four buttons on a cutaway
it covers up almost all of the waistcoat, which
is not desirable especially in warm weather
Top-coats will be cut longer than they have
been. The very short top-coats, like very
tight trousers, have come to be looked upon
as a distinguishing characteristic of dude
if may use the word, and so have fallen in
to disrepute. Diagonals of different colors
and light gray and drab colored twilled goods
will be the materials most worn in top-coats
For suitings made up with cutaway coats the
goods known as corkscrew are very popular.
They look like diagonal, and come in 6
variety of colors, from blackt to very light
gray. For spring or summer suits this will
be very fashionable, and will make a stylish,
durable suit. In dark suitings the standard
plaids and mixtures will continue fashiona.
bic. Striped goods are also destined to be
considerably worm"
VIII Tie price Oh clOGnlnS DC ABOUT Lne
same this spring as last?''
eyes, there won't be much difference. A
stylish spring suit will cost from S25 to 500
according to the material used. If it were
not for the heavy duty on woolens and dag.
onals, in which many casesas. High as 60 pei
cent, we could make up clothes very much
cheaper. You see the duty in every case
must come out of the consumer, and is SO
much added to the price of suit or over
coat.'