Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-22
GAY AND GORGEOUS.
Ths Spring Dude a harTsl II
C0lOrS.
norr THE NEW wAisTcoAr.
, inherent One for Each Day In the
u..r Means nm Expenditure of
r,,o Hundred and Fifty Dollars
v.,,bo,v shirts-Choosing Ties
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,r,o-resvondence OF the Dispatch)
>.p-vv YORK. March 21.-The spring
"a. n 1896 promises TO be gayer thing
IAN for many years past And the
eng man who aspires TO be IN the
80, must have a long pocket-book, or
I'M fall by the wayside with igno-
ulnious haste.
m. ,articular glory OF the man Of
,..,,t,n will he his waistcoats. He should
- AT the very least seven Of them.
49,, e,r each Cay in the week and one
-, sunday. There is nothing more i'm
.-.,,,. ,ban n handsome waistcoat worn
-, exuberant chest. but the slim
,.s,ed man will find II difficult TO I'M
..r, 70 this item Of apparel the swelling
5,eni,v 10 which it is justly entitled.
arteso waistcoats are made OF all man.
mar NJ things. The finest are made OF
,,.,set-colored velvet, black velvet, and
S,-E.biue velvet. For ordinary wear
,bcv are made OF corduroy, moleskin.
e,d leather. All shades Of brown are
he popular hues but some OF the will
ia bovs" with a Characteristic desire
T., anuear unlike their fellow men, are
sdopting al kinds OF the more sober
rolors. The tendency, however. Is to-
ward tho brighter hues. and unless 1t
r. sDeed.ly checked the warmer months
will see vests as lively as those worn
by song-and-dance artists on the variety
stage. Pink, yellow. blue, scarlet rose,
green. violet and mauve seem destined
m come and crowd into the shade the
famed waistcoats Of the 0andies or a
hundred years back.
FOR THE RICH ONLY.
II any innocent should leave an order
Elth his tailor for a moleskln waistcoat,
Il would be wise for him 10 have an
understanding beforehand as 10 the
price, because they run tremendously
high. Only the very fashionable tailors
sef In them, and n Fifth-avenue con-
ee.u regards $50 as "A very moderate Zee
for one Of these creations. Not dozen
men IN town own them. and most or
these lights Of fashion purchased theirs
IN England. where the prices run from
80 10 $50.
No man who makes any pretensions
Ia the way Of fashionable attire will wear
buttons on his waistcoat where they can
be seen. The button-holes should be
worked IN an under lapel, the same as
,n an overcoat. Particular attention
should also be paid to the pockets. Each
shoud be fitted with a lapel at least
two inches In depth, with square edges,
and the lapels must always be kept In
view There must never be the faint
est hint OF a crease or wrinkle in the
walstc0at. and TO maintain them IN their
pristine smoothness they should be sent
70 q tailor every two or three wearings
70 be pressed.
Heretofore the waistcoat has merely fig
ured as an incidental, but now it has
jumped into first place. A stock OF seven
NJ them made by tailor Of note costs In
the neghborhood OF $50, and where a
suit Of clothes cost so year ago, the
price now runs 10 500 and over.
NEW THINGS IN HATS.
A s!gn of the spring Is the brown derby.
which Will be more universally worn this
season than ever. The gray, black, and
Drown Homburg. or Fedora" hat, as IL
s sometimes called, which we have as
ISOLATED so long with pictures OF the
Prince OF Wales, Is going out, and the
attn hat coming In.
The London authorities insist that tho