The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-22
THIS is THE NEW PRINCE OF WALES COAT---
1T is SINGLE ASTED AND COMFORTABLE

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUgLIO-
Is the double-breasted frocll coat to
go? Advices from London say It IS. be-
cause the Prince Of Wales has SO decreed
1t by wearing a single-breasted frocll at
the Queens garden party. New York ad-
vices are that the masculine followers Of
fashions IN tho metropolis are seriously
considering tae matter. but are awaiting
confirmation of~Ihs startling story before
discarding the orthodox double-breaste3
froek-"Priuce Albert some people call it
for the single-breasted article. one 81.
Louis tailor says there IS nothing in it
that the double-5reasted frock viii remain
the correct thing for afternoon wear. just
as TIE swallow taii'' Will remain the cor
rect thing for evening wear.
You can depend on 1t. the Gouble-breast-
cd frcck win remain fl STYLE" lie declares.
whether the Prince OF Wales or anybody
else attempts TO make change. The single
breasted frock IS not q new thing; it has
been worn TO soma extent ever since any
hind OF a froclS coat was worn. There are
fashion plates that show it in 1876: and l
doubt not that it was known and worn even
further back.
According to the news from London. the
Prince OF Wales has tired Of the double
breasted fr0ck coat for the reason that II
is heavy for summer wear. and tina; il
hides too much OF the bosom Of the fancy
AYaistcoats that his Royal HighneSs wears.
yhe story is that he has had his tailor
make him a few sinsle-breasted coats, forty
inches long. cut square at the bottom. with
three and four buttons; and that he wears
these rather than the double breasted gar
Inent. The Prince wears his new coat I'M
buttonei- The silk lining extends 10 the
edges. and the lapels continue all the way
down 20 the bottom OF the coat. The wide
fare OF the collar aud lapel present every
opportunity for the display OF the princely
waistcoats. and the Prince is said to be
highly pleased with his new garment.
II don't think there is the slightest prob
ability that the double-breasted frock will
be displaced" declares William 7. Peach
designer for the T. II. Brownell Merchant
TailOrs' Company. Mr.. Peach has only re-
Gently come from fashionable Fifth ave
nue. tailoring est sbl:shment. and claims 80
have the very latest information concerning
fashions. The double-breastei frock is n
fixture in mems styles. Other coats are
permissible for afternoon wear, but none
other is strictly appropriate The kind of
coat described in the London adviccs is not
a new thing. ClerEymen have been wearing
II for many years. I have made many Of
them for others besides ciergymen, too; but
. generally sing'e-bgeasted frock coats are
made of mixed goods. 1t is rarely that a
fashionable tailor gets call for one In
black. except from clergyman. The nGm-
Der have made for fashionable men would
not average one a year since l have been
making coats.
"A single-breasted frocl coat would be
cut much like doub e-breastcd one. except
that there would be only one set of buttons
and buttonholes, and there would be no
seam lengthwise of the front. The long,
rolling lapel would not have TO be especially
made; with the coat unbottoned, the edges
would roll back more or Tess, just as they
do with a double-breasted frock or a cut
away. There would, of course be a chance
for a more comprehensive display of the
wearer's fancy waistcoat; but it seems TO
me that there is plenty of opportunity for
that with the present styles. l should think
three buttons would be the best number
Sor a singie-breasted frock, just as three
buttons is the fashionable number for a