San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-03-04
MAN AND HIS CLOTHES.
The Startling New English Dress Coat and
Other Matters of Moment.

| The new daTE-g gray fabric WhlCn
is being made into dress suits for
the advanced London swclls, how
ever il may strike the conservatives
as absolute heresy against the or
thodox ensemble in vogue at pres
ent, appears to be a pronounced
"go' over there. 1t is offered as a
most important eneroaChment upon
what is deemed the ensemble of the
full dress. That there have been
placed recently i'll this city with
several of the leading custom
Clothiers orders for dress suits from
similar goods is matter of record.
There is difficulty, it appears, in
getting the cloth-one downtown
tailor having sent abroad several
months ago and receiveu the reply,
"Supply exhausted"
There will be the usual hue and
| cry from all over the land Just as
soon as this intelligence is spread
broadcast. The dress suit has
been held inviolatc, and all incur
sions upon its somber stateliness
and dignity have been resisted with
great rigor, resulting i'll its trium-
phant maintenance. 1t is fact
that the early acceptance of the adj
venturous American swells that
have seen this suiting worn for
several months abroad vouches
faVorably for its continuance.
Moreover there has been very
salutary effort to keep the details
in making-up as much i'll subjuga-
ton as possible. No punishment
Of any kind is visible There are
no buttons on the sleeve, which is
made trimmer above the wrist.
The finish is in one row Of stitching
close to the edge. The lapel is
rather chic, being narrower i'll d.
mansions, but just as deep i'll the roll
and of the notch type. In place of
the two bull's-eye buttons behind,
which have no meaning and have
not been correct since the side-arm
was banished, there are crow $
feet in black silk at the jointurc of
the tails to the waist line. SO es.
Scntial is the boutonnicre deemed
that some of the ultra tOhS have
had the upper buttonhole made
larger, on an almost perpendicular
slant.
1t is apropos to say that the rca
son of its adoption by swelldom at
the British capital was that the
men were utterly tired of the con-
vcntional suiting, with its half
dozen variations of collar, lapcls,
etc. for every real bowling one Of
them has a half-dOzcn dress suits
at least, 50 that the one that is
worn shall be fresh lookin and
well pressed.
As to whether the Clothier and
Furnisher ratihcs the change, the
reply would only signify that it is
favored from the character of the
cloth and the suiting as described
i'll advices from abroad, but it
should be seen on before any posi-
tive sanction could be arrived at,
1t is one step nearer the decorative
epoch certainly impending, and
held back because the pioneer for
the clique that want the change
will not arrive. There should be
breeChes and hose for the men these
DAYS, when the women are CARRIED
like grand danes and the dcmoi-
sells are costuned in the period of
frippcry and brocadc.
1t appears that the English intro
ducers Of this notable and, l may
say, hazardous tangent from what
has been regarded as the immu
table full-dress regulation costume
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The somber black every night year
in and year out, as an Englishman
does, they became desperate over
the tritencsS of the appointment
and decided upon this innovation,
which is spoken of as being close
to the beaten track, and yet a re-
lieving change, perhaps the fore
runner of other more striking di.!er
ences in the current all black
regime.
The cad will always outiashion
the extreme fashions The swell
will observe the mode in all its
niceties and correctness, imparting
from time to time those def touch
es of individualism that award to
him premiership. The well-dress
man will moderate the swell ideal
a trifle, 50 as to allay all suspicion
in his own mind that he is exciting
! tLp undue scrutiny of his fellows