St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-07-18
MEMS CLOTHING.
Game Suggestions of Interest to Well
Dressed Men.

Same Suggestions OF Interest to Well
Dressed Men.
Mems suits for business and offioe
wear are made Of plaid cassimeres,
checked Angola suitings, homespuD
and fine mixtures. The three pieces OF
these suits should be alike, though oc.
casionally the trousers are of different
goods. The popular coat for these
everyday suits is asingle-breasted sack,
semi-ftting, and slightly longer than
those Of last summer; it is also cut
trif1e lower in the neck, and is fastened
by four buttons; the vest has small
revers collar, or may be without anyA
collar; the trousers are larger than they
have been for several seasons sand this
is true of all trousers as well. Gray and
brown are the colors most used, and
many of the larger plaids are overlaid
with small checks, or barred with an
other color More dressy business suits
have cut-aWay coats to button three or
four buttons, and are made of darker
materials in stripes or in mixtures of
colors. For midsummer there are suits
of striped seersucker, and of white
linen checked or barred with a color;
these also have sack coats.
The four buttoned cut-away coat and
the double breasted frock coat are now
considered equally correct as parts of
day dress suits to be worn ON any cere-
monious occasion that takes place in
the day time, such as breakfast parties,A
luncheons, noon or afternoon weddings,
receptions, etc. They are also suitable
for church, for day visits, walks in the
city, and for driving. While it is mat
ter of individual choice which of these
coats is selected, fashionable young
men prefer the cut-aWay coat, and tar
lors recommend it even for the BRIDE
groom at day weddings. 1t is very
generally worn by young men who are
guests at the wedding. The Prince Albert
double-breasted frock-coat is, however,
by no means given up by young men,
while it is altogether used by those
more elderly. The material used is
black or very dark blue crepe cloth, or
else fine diagonals. The cut-away coat
is longer than il was last season. and its
edges are finished with narrow braid.
The vest is of the same material. or of
fancy cashmere or linen duck; the
trousers are of dark striped cloth, or of
plaids in lighter colors.
Vests deserve separate paragraph,
as the English fashion of wearing vest
of different material from the coat has
found favor here, especially for sum-
mer. Fanciful small-fgured patterns
are chosen for vests to use with various
suits. TO wear with the cut-aWay coats
just described are linen duck vests of
white or cream-co1or, dotted with red,
blue or black, and made single
breasted, with revers collar. Plain white
duck vests made double breasted are to
wear with double-breasted frock-coats.
White Marseilles vests, cut very low,
are fashionable with the swallow-tail
coat of evening suits, but most men
order at the same time black vest of
tn ematerial of the coat.
Evening suits are made Of black
''worsteds'' that are finer and of less
weight than broadcloth: the latter is
now used only by elderly men. There
is no change in the shape of the swal-
1ow-tail coat of this suit; it is cut very
low and open, and has silk facings and
corded edges; the white or black vests
are described in the paragraph abovey
The trousers, of the material of the
coat, are cut wider, and are finished
with silk stripe on the sides.
Spring and summer overcoats are
singled breasted sacks of medium length.
They are made in dove gray shades
and black. The broad diagonal cloths
are stylish for these coats. Driving
coats are made of buckskin-not liter
ally-but of fine cloth the color of
buckskin. HGrper's B0zGr.