The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-16
FASHIONS FOR THE MEN
THE PROPER THINGS TO WEAR AND
TO BE HAD IN LOCAL SHOPS.
High Collars and Chesterfield Cravats
The Suitings shown-Best Things
in Shoes and Hats.

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nishings as well as in popular and dressy
suitings.
So far as shirts so there are very few
changes. The colored shirt for common wear
evidently has come to stay. In all the swell
haberdasher shops stripes are shown in end
less variety of colors. both running across
and lengthwise. Madras shifting is shown
in neat plaids and stripes The stripes run
around the cuff. The Understanding turned
down collar is very popular and looks we'll
with four-in-hand tie. The high straight
standing collar is universally worn on dress
occasions; the high standing turned collars
have the rounding corners. A New English
pattern in collars which an American manu-
facturer has copied in the high turned-down
has the top meeting and rounding away at
the corners. An Eastern authority on mat
tiers of dress thinks it objectionable for de-
tachable collars and cuffs to be worn at
all: experience has proved. however, that
the plan would be almost impossible under
ordinary conditions of the laundry. For full
dress the immaculate white shirt will al
ways be worn, open in the front and If 1t
can be afforded, the small Oriental pearl
studs are used, or else plain mother of
pearl buttons, the only studs permissible.
1t is evident from the display of new
cravats shown in all the shops that the
trend of favor is toward large neglige forms.
In all the tieable class the shapes are large.
The Chesterfield cravat is very rich one,
and of exquisite design. The Culross will
be made with very large ends folded in,
and with band made the same way. The
wide Imperials, Ascots and four in-hands
are made up softly and tie in such way
that the rich colorings of the silks are dis
played to the best advantage. The large
broad end ties are also in vogue. For even
ing dress ties and bows are shown in lawns,
dimities, brilliants and Marseilles. The lat
ter when tied has a soft and pretty effect.
A four-in-hand called the Colonial" has
one large broad end and one end cut short,
and ties gracefully in a small neat knot.
Other four-in-hand ties are shown with de-
cided bias stripes, in bright and attractive
colors. Two and a half inches is the popu-
lar width
Imported half hose are shown in all the
new colors. Dark grounds are relieved by
embroidered figures in brilliant colors; fine
balbriggans with Roman stripes and with
alternate and group stripes; cardinal
grounds with alternate relief stripes, new
plaids, peculiar combinations in greens,
scarlet and gold and various new effects are
among the novelties. In golf hose, heavily
ribbed legs, with fancy tops, are shown.
and bright heather mixture effects as we'll
as in fancy legs, with fancy tops and plain
heathers. 1t is rumored by Dame Fashion
that the swell color for spring will be a
cornfower blue for both hosiery and under
wear.
Gloves are shown in great variety, in OK
blood, golden tans, butter color, etc., and
are stitched in cardinal. black or white
With Chesterfield and silk hat the golden
tan is worn; for street wear the ox-blood
is good taste.
The fashionable Indianapolis man will
find that large sticks are out of vogue and
a much lighter and heater stick is carried,
with slight silver mountings. Light Fedora
hats are much in demand for fall wear.
A pretty conceit for weddings (the groom's
gift to the ushers and best NAM is dainty
box with a pair of white (for evening we'd
dings) or pearl (for noon day weddings
gloves, with a white marseilles tie prettily
tied with ribbon. On the outside of the box
a card is attached with tiny bow of rib
bon.
FABRICS FOR CLOTHING.
One big tailoring establishment of this
city shows a full assortment of the latest
fabrics for morning. afternoon and evening
clothes. For morning wear, the lounge suit
is most appropriate, and is made of fancy
cheviots. The majority of young men prefer
the black coat and vest with odd trousers;
Oxford mixtures, loosely woven materials
in black and and gray. in single and double
breasted coats, with different trousers are
also popular. The double-breasted vest and
single-breasted coat Is much worn, either
with or without the collar on the vest.
Quiet and neat coloring is mostly used in
these cheviot suits. Small checks or invis-
IDLE stripes ana plaids are very popular An
afternoon suit, one appropriate for prone
made or formal social functions, is d double
breasted frock, made up in black and Ok
ford mixtures. An Invisible herring bone
pattern is also shown in the same material
and is much worn in London: the vest is
either single or double breasted, or if one
desires, a fancy one is permissible, The cut
away coat has almost entirely given way
to the frock coat. except in a few cases,
where one is cut for a business suit for
stout man. Evening clothes are made of fine
twilled worsteds or unfinished worsteds,
and are faced to the edge in silk. The
notched lapel has in q measure given way
to the shawl lapel which is faced to the
edge in silk, the collar being of cloth The
vest for a formal occasion is double
breasted and cut in a shallower V than
heretofore, showing Two studs in the shirt
and may be of white marseilles or figured
silk. The trousers of evening clothes have
a narrow stripe of rich imported braid down
the sides. and the latest edict from New
York and London says that the dress trous-
ers shall not be creased.
The Tuxedo coat, or dinner Jacket as it
is commonly called, is very popular nova
days and is even more useful to the ordi-
nary man than an evening coat 1t is now
worn at the theater and sometimes at in
formal dances, although for the latter pur-
pose 1T is in doubtful taste. 1t is made with
side pockets, with the shawl or notched
lapel, the finish being of dead finish
smooth silk. The coat was originally in
tended to be worn at stag parties and to
the club and was worn with a black vest
while now a white vest and tie may be worn
The Inverness cape is the browning gar
ment for evening wear, and is worn over
the dress suit or Tuxedo coat and is con-
venient to slip and off, and is to a man
what the opera cloak is to a woman. 1t
is made without sleeves, overaps the chest
and buttons up to the chin. The lapel is
enough to cover the entire suit All clothes
instead of fitting closely they drop from
the shoulders down The trousers are rather
peg in cut, being loose and easy around the
hip and tapering down TO the small bottom
THE POPULAR TOP COAT.
The top coat is very popular for fall wear.
The seams are heavily strapped, the cuffs
stitched and the pockets inserted. The collar
is quite narrow and the lapels are not so
large as those on last seasons coat. The
coat is cut so as to hang straight from
the shoulder. The top coat originated with
horseback riding in England, as the