Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-05-28
STYLES IN MEMS NEcKwEAR
Few Novelties TO Mark the Fashions For
the Present Season.

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"There was never a season that
brought forth fewer novelties in neck
wear" said the salesman, land the
man who is looking for some style that
is entirely new Will have to 60 some
where else than New York to find it.
Maybe lie can ges it in London, but /
doubt that. for up TO this time there
has not come to this country the least
indication Ct anything novel there.
This seasons fashions are only little
changed copies Of what preceded them,
and in all that have come under my no
tice there has been nothing distinctly
novel;
81 should say that tho most striking
feature Of the styles this year is the de-
termincd effort to make popular the ties
Of silk stamped with Indian designs
which made their appearance first about
five years ago Ever since that time
they have been regarded in London as
the smartest sort of scarf a man can
wear The same vogue came to this
sort Of goods in Boston, but here in
New York the stuifs could never be
made more than moderately fashion
able. This year a larger stock Of these
tics has been put on the market than
ever before. The check, after an enor-
nous popularity, seems to have about
had its day. in silks ard linens it has
had the field for four years now, but
this summer there is likely to be less
seen OF it.
CARNATIONS Of the Indian patterns
are found in very striking contrasts Of
rather crude blue and red designs, usu-
ally i'm squares, but the small circles
and notified patterns still remain the
best in these goods. Last summer
great number of the vivid striped ties
worn by the English athletic clubs, as
well as tho regiments, were brought to
this country, and although there were
not enough Of them to make the fashion
very popular it undoubtedly had its eff
feet This is plain enough to be seen in
the scaIls this summer and these Eng
lish stripes, in colors less vivid and in
combinations considerably abated, are
ON the market The firm that imported
these striped ties last summer has
brought over this year three or four
times as many. and in number If the
ties these stripes are to be seen in
form more adapted to the customs Of
New York life than the Colors Of an
English athletic club, These original
ties were very popular for country wear,
although they were WON as well in
New York. Not only in the Ascots are
these limitations Of the English ties to
be found, but in other string ties as
well.
In the linen wash ties the stripe or
the check is not an important question,
as the colors are rarely marked enough
to make the pattern distinctive. l
should say, though, that the man who
wanted to wear what is most in accord
with the summer fashion would be all
right if be bought the red, yellow and
blue india silk materials in the mar
row string ties and the bright colored
stripes in four in hands. In the usual
blue and white summer scarfs there are
this year some tasteful variations, ef-
feciod chiefly by an unusual proponder-
anco Of white and the use Of sort Of
Japanese effect in the pattern. But the
old polka dot effects and the blue ground
with the small white figure are today
smarter and in more demand than these
new patterns in the same class. They
never vary very much winter or sum-
mcr, save in material, year after year,
and the man who cliugs to them is not
likely TO be far away from the best taste
and the best style. The gay striped silks
are occasionally Worn as ascots, but
this is not an easy fashion, the colors
being so gay as TO make an effect too
striking for seed form save on a race
track on coach.
"Wilh the blue and white these Eng
lish striped four IN hands and the mar
row string tics Of india silk a man
may be- fairly sure that be is well dressed
so far as bis neckwear goes, and that is
not an uuimportant part Of dress. -
New York sun.