The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-10-30
Fall STYLES for Gentlemen.

ga talk about tho changes in mems
fashions for the fall" said one of the
leading Fife avenue tailors, would be
like one on the historical snakes in Ire
land. There are none, or rather the
changes are so subtle that only tailOr's
eve could see any difference between
the coming fall and the past spring
styles. This applies to the cut and
shape of the garments only of course.
But even in the goods and the shades
which will be fashionable the change is
merely the general one of a substitution
o, dark goods for light"
''Well," said the rep rter to whom
| this was addressed, ''that is well enough
for the general; suppose we descend to
the PARTICULAR"
''Ah! Now, that is not quite such
an easy question to answer as you
might suppose. You see, nowadays so
much is allowed to the personal fancies
of the customer that the tailor merely
acts as does the governor on an engine.
| He checks; he does MT guide. As You
| know. our fashions follow those of the
| first London ia lors so closely that there
| is no appreciable difference even in
| time between the two cities. 1 can say,
/ however, that the most marked change
/ in cut-and from this you will see how
nominal the changes really are -
will be the almost imperceptible
widening of the trousers, or bags, as
| some OF our very young customers call
them. This lOOsening, however, will
not extend to the other garments. The
coat will still be tight and nodded to
4 the figure, with the sleeves Just tight
enough not TO interfere with the COM
/ fort of the wearer. As to style the
/ four-buttOn cutaway, with rather long
tails and no outside pockets saVs chat
in the breast, still holds the lead. All
materials will be made up in this
/ fashion. For the double breasted frOck
coat black diagonal is the only cloth
that it is good form to wear. Single
/ breasted frock coats and frOck coats
made from colored goods are alike
/ given over to that worker of iniquities,
the 'rcady-made clOthier," a possible
exception being the very light suits for
/ the race-track AS to goods, l need
scarcely say that nothing loud will be
1 tolerated. Cashmeres and small checks,
with a slight increase. perhaps in the
/ size of the latter, are to be our main
stay. The cOloring in all cases dark
and subdued and running principally in
the browns and grays.
1.-The attempt to introduce diagonal
cloth for evening dress suits is SO far al
most a failure. We have not made &
dozen such suits this season. There is
practical objection to diagonal twilled
cloth which may perhaps eventually
cause its absolute abandonment. Do
what you will you can not prevent it
from becoming shiny. For dress suit
this is fatal
If there is not 20 be marked change
on the part of the tailor this is far from
the case with the halter. The silk hat
seen in Fifth avenue would not know
it's elder brother of the spring. This
bell of the crown has almost disap-
peared, and the crown itself is trihe
higher. The wide, fiat brim has
changed into a narrow, excessively
rolled one, and the same changes as tC
brim, with the necessary notifications,
appear in the stiff felt or Derby hat. In
the latter brown and black are to be the
only permissible colOrs, preferably the
latter.
As to neckwear and shirts, there is
not much of the novel to note. The
plated shirt is slowly gaining ground.
The collars are still high, but the cor
ners care bent at an angle of forty
five degrees about half an inch from the
top. NeCkties are quiet in color anC
free from all extravaganza in shape
the folded scarf with an unassumiug
breast-pn still holding its place. Gloves
will be worn more generally at balls
receptions, the opera, etc. Shoes are
gradually becoming more rounded al
the toes. In short, notable lack of ex-
travagance in form and color will be the
characteristic of men fashions this fall
N I. Tribune.