The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-08-04


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ing alternately In opposite directions
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double breasted ~ the top. single AZ
the bottom II closes high up In the
neck with no collar and leaving bet
3 small expanse Of shirt front visible
The edges are bound round with an
inch-wide braEding of black ribbed
silk carried up the iapels and right
around the neck The pockets are
four In number. with flaps edged in
the same way. The buttons may be
any variety Of fancy metal or of plain
white pearl. and either nat or bail
shaped. The front comes down rather
&c point. really couple OF points
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This waistcoat is worn either with
the lounge suit or with the morning
coat For the frock coat the correct
thing Is the plainly cut double-breast-
ed waistcoaf. which. however. may be
In fancy material If preferred. or the
singIe-breasted variety either with or
without collar.
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Although the season is well advanc-
ed there is as yet no sign OF the
return TO favor of the gay and festive
| ties and shirts that prevailed last year.
The pink and white linen and silk
| ties have gone the way of the blue
| and white silk shirts for the time be-
| ing and are relegated to obscurity
| The correct tie this season to wear
with the frock or morning coat is one
| of the soft. black finely ribbed silk
variety with white spots or stripes.
! The spots may be of almost any pos
sible design. while in default of a
riot of color. stripes seem to have
made up their minds to display as
much complication in the way of d.
rectien and width as they can. A
good many ties are worn with the
stripes graduated in size. being
| wide at the bottom and gradu-
being wide at the bottom and gradu-
ally narrowing toward the top. A
taste also seems to have sprung up
| with some men to have their ties
made with a slightly different pat-
tern on the back to that on the front.
so that when tied in the cravat or
bow a noticeable novelty of effect is
produced: in some cases this is car
riea as Iar as having the 'front.' OF the
very dark Nv the way as the
season advances the light gray var
ietv will be more extensively worn
| than at present s novelty in the
way of color has appeared for crayats
| In the shane of a new kind of blue.
something between the Oxford and
Cambridge. with a dash of gray in
| It. With the dark gray flannel suit it
looks remarkably well. BY way of
placing the prevailing tints in order
of popularity will put the black silk
with white or heIiotrope spots or
stripes first; the light gray wiz
black stripes fvery finel second. but
gradually overhauling the first: the
heliotrope with black pattern third.
and the above mentioned blue with
few other tints last. While on the
subject of ties | may mention that
the diamond scarf pin seems to be
coming back into favor after some
what prolonged Punishment | have
noticed good few smart men lately
wearing them. the design most favor
ed being a circular cluster of brilliants
with a ruby or emerald in the middle.
sino,e-are..tea rroek
A desperate enort appears to be
pending to revive the single-breasted
irock coat boom OF last year It viii
DC fresh IN the memory still how
some imaginative journalist saw. or
| Thought he saw. or saw primed by
some one else who saw or imagined