The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-09
MASCULINE FRIpPERY.
Correct Styles In Hats-English-
men and Americans.

Any one of the big London h~atters, says
a London letter In the Clothier and
FurrieT, numbers his special shapes for
his most fashionable customers in the
hundreds, but it is from these that an
average is deducted for the purposes of
ready-made stock, and that average will,
In spite of countless deviations on the
one hand or tha other, be the correct"
style. The man who adopts this happy
medium will be practically faultless. but
he will lack the individuality SO much
priced by men of character, and which |
think the English fashion dispenser
strives hard to impress upon his Gus
toners.
A new development in Deckwear silks.
of which great things are expected, are
printed wills, treated something after
the manner of foulards, but perhaps
more deliberately tina the latter have
ever been, as regular designs, such as
might have been worked out on the loom,
are printed on them in several colors.
Squares of this description will be good
sellers. The liberal patronage allowed
the Windsor promises TO carry the DE
Joinville closely In Its wake. although
long scarfs are not now in the as
cendant.
The American knows what he wants,
UF illus ~ OuU ny HIS OWL LII SPGCt4Ous tAO
Englishman asks for an article and is
told what he ought to have, with refer
ence to everything but the weight and
texture. He usually orders dozens at q
time of any small article, and trousers at
the rate of six pairs at an order, leaving
infinitely more TO the taste of the mef-
chant than an American would.
The laundered shirt front on the fancy
fabrics is getting farther and farther out
of the acceptatioD, and Indeed 1T is a hard
cardboard-like article of attire in the
heavier grades of woven goods, ike Ok
fords and %cheviots. In another season
| there will be none of them made, unless
in the percale and madras textures, where
a modicum of %starching helps the appear
ance without adding membranes TO
the garment.
Hosiery, 1t seems, has made a heroic
and Jo-be-commended effort to break
| away from the confinement of the black
regime. There are now offerings OF Isle
and cotton in plain colorings OF cadet,
mauve, mode, tan and hello that are
apropos for any well-dressed man to wear,
| and it is to be hoped that. with these
effective and not too loud innovations.
the overweening hoodoo of the black will
be lifted for all time.
There is one deficiency which is grow
ing more and more noticeable in neck
| wear, particularly in cravats. And that
is that there will have to be several
lengths made for the several sizes of col
lars, else The men wearing about fifteen
inch size will be completely out of calcu-
lation. Indeed, some of the fine retailers
that do the custom-made neckwear act
ask their patrons what size they wear in
taking the order.
The reversible cuff will always have its
advocates, as will the made uD scarfs.
| There is an economy presumed to exist in
| the turning of the cuff, but the we'll
| dressed man believes that once used the
cuff is soiled; it is no longer w~earable,
and the discovery of the concealment by
a ny name Of means, of turning or
other expedient, would be fatal to his
| social standing.