Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-28
STYLES FOR MEN.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND BRIGHT
coLoRs THE THING.
The snsh and the Gaudy Blazer No
Longer fa Favor-Men's Fashions
Ruled by sports-Form in Ties,
HITS. md Shoes.
New York SUM-

| ring the winter. VI COLIct' Dc Hieh WIZ
: aim to be well dressed. they do not carr
for show, but most OF them want indi
yIduality In style. That is what the.
may attain this summer, and still not b.
conspicuous because of their clothes.
During the winter there is little oppor
tunity for the modlsh man TO indulge II
colors, but his wardrobe In summer /:
by no means SO limited. The indication:
now are that his clothes may be NOR,
violently gay, and still strictly in accord.
ance with the IDEAS Of the best-dressec
men, than they have been for many pre-.
vious Summers. Golf and bicycling are
responsible for this change. In fact, the
young man of leisure may, If he choose
dress this summer as II his chief object
in lie was outdoor sports. The summer
youns man who likes 20 have lots of
clothes and can afford them may rival
the summer-girl In the variety of his
wardrobe
As golf and bicycling, whether one in
dulges In them or not, are to be the ex-
cuses for various styles OF summer
clothes, the gaudy blazers and sashes in
colors OF several seasons ago will be
| distinctly out OF IL. 1t is probable that
the cummerbund will only be worn by
Juveniles who may appear in summer
snaps" at the various seaside resorts
This article was an importation from In
dia, and was all right in its way, until
fat men adopted It, and thus held 1t up
TO ridicule. Brightly col0red sashes wound
around waists that measure from forty
TO sixty inches proved to be too much Of
good thing. and no young man who
knows will indulge in sash this summer.
| The gaudy blazer has also gone the way
! of the sash. The blazer OF many colOrs
! came into popularity by way Of the tennis
! court, and in that same field II has been
discarded. Instead of a combination Of
| colors that suggested an explosion in
| paint-factory. there will be seen on the
tennis courts this summer white duck
| trousers turned up at the bottom and
| lght-gray sack coats. IL a blazer Is
| to be worn, the men who lead the
! fashion say that it should be Of lite
| flannel. with a very delicate blue or
black stripe through Il. But tennis has
been crowded into the background by
| golf and bicycling and more knicker-
| cookers than long trousers will be found
at the summer resorts and other places.
where men may 80 TO amuse themselves
| IN outdoor sports.
FOR WHEEL OR GOLF.
| For the wheel, as well as for golf, men
will wear knickerbockers In Scotch mix
lures gray and black being the most
appropriate, with russet-leather shoes and
| golf-hose. There is just as much differ
! ence in the hang and cut Of knickerbock-
| ers as there Is In trousers. The golf
! models come from England and the man
who follows them most closely will pro-
baby have to give a good deal of per-
sonal attention to his tailor while they
are being cut The English knickerbock-
ers for golf fall perfectly straight from
the hips to the knee, without displaying
the outline OF the leg. At the knee they
are tucked in squarely. The heavy golf
hose are in black, yellow, green. dark
blue and other warm colors in plaids.
The "knicker," with the loose square
bags in the way OF trousers, and the
heavy hose makes by all odds the most
comfortable and appropriate negligee cos
tune for the simmer i'm the country or at
the seaside. New York probably would not
have adopted IL had IL not been introduced
by golf and bicycling. In London such
costume has been so popular this year
that 1t Is frequently seen even in the
best clubs, where the men are supposed to
drop In from their bicycling or golf. High
CATERS, buttoning at the side, and dis
playing above them three or four inches
OK hoe. may also be worn with this cos
tune II a man has arrayed himself in
knickerbOckers for tramping or loung-
ing comfortably instead Of for the pur-
pose OF pushing a wheel Soft hats or
caps to match the costumes are worn.
A suit OF clothes recently ordered by a
New York man from an English tailor
and intended to be worn for wheeling or
shooting or golfing, consists Of drab
lsnickerbockers, with a drab three-but-
ton sack coat, cap OF the same material,
stockings two shades darker than the
clothes shoes of light-yellow tan, and
gloves Of undressed kid of the same color
as the shoes. A long, narrow, bright tur- |
key-red four-in-hand tie will complete the |
costume But, If man IS going in for |
knickerbockers this summer, he must, |
above ALL be sure that they have the |
perfectly-square effect around the bot |
toms, and that they are not cut so close |
ly as to even indicate the line of the |
leg. Moreover, men who for reasons best |
known 10 themselves have not dared to |
appear I'm public I'm knlckerbockers OF |
the old style that were popular once upon |
a time for tennis may wear the golf |
knlcxerbockers with the heavy rough |
hose with IMMUNITY. That is another rea-
son why this costume will be generally |
popular. Boating and yachting costumes. |
OF course, will hold their own with golf |
suits at the sesshore resorts. and there |
has been practically no change I'm the |
fashion Of these clothes. Serge, blue fan
mel, or white duck will be the falr-weath-
err suit of the yachtsman.
FAwNs AND GRAYs
There is also more or less variation in
the summer fashions for men who do not |
indulge in golf or bicycling, and who will |
spend much OF their time In the city
Scotch goods In fawns and grays are the
materials most In vogue this summer
ri. Il IL. l..
scrge-will be as strictly proper as It
has been for several years past for morn
ing wear. There has been very little
change in the cut and style OF sack-suits;
some tailors will make the coats a little
longer and a few of them will make the
coats double breasted unless they are |
urged not 10 do so.
The city man who is anxious for color
may get il In his waistcoats and shirts
White and white figured single-breasted
waistcoats promise TO be more popular
during the warm weather than ever be-
fore. There will be plenty Of color In the
shirts and ties. There are already dis.
played In the shop windows the brightest
OF blues the most vivid Of pinks, various
shades Of heliotrope, and other equally
lively cOlors in shirts. A novelty. and an
expensive one. is the plated shirt Of thin,
fine linen. which is to be worn in Eng
land, and will undoubtedly be taken up
here
81 noticed" said a man who recently
returned from London, that many OF the
Englishmen OF my acquaintance are now
wearing flannel shirts Of fine texture for
travelling purposes. This custom Is an
old one, / should Judge, with Englishmen.
remember several years ago a we'll
known English globe trotter, who came
10 this country and was put up at my
club. caused a sensation and an unpleas-
ant one In the billIard-room by taking OFF
his coat and displaying a red flannel
shirt, TO the sleeves of which were at
tached his white cuffs. That, however II
not the kind Of flannel shirt l have no.
ticed among my acQuaintances In Eng
and. They have been wearing for ira
Yelling purposes a fine white flannel shirt.
10 which they attach linen collars and
linen cuffs" 1
PLAIDS OF ALL KINDS.
Plaids OF all kinds and coiors will be
worm in narrow four-ln-hand ties The :
and with il the other large
artistic bows OF a year or two ago.
will be out OF II entirely this summer !
rhs plain. straight bow. the narrow four
inland. or the very large plastrons are ,
o be the things. Ii is probable that the ,
,iastrons Will be worn very much more
his fall than during the summer They
AVE been very pODlIlar In Tondon thf.