Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-08
LATE STYLES FROM LONDON.
What Men Are Wearing in the Eng
lish METROPOLIS.

London Correspondence of the Haberdasher.
For the lounge suit cheviot flannels prom
Use to be all the rage. The latest material
in this line is very fine and soft and pre-
sents an appearance almost like the Scotch
cheviots Some very nice shades of the
light graz, greenish gray and blush gray
are being shown. In each case the pattern
consists of plain vertical stripes set about
one-quarter of an inch to three-quarters of
an inch apart and woven in a lighter color
to the ground work of the material. The
style of cut and details of design remain
unchanged. Single or double-breasted with
square-front corners, no side or back Sits,
no outside breast pocket side pockets with
or without flaps, the lapels cut very high
up in front, showing scarcely anything OF
the shirt the trousers If anything thought
narrower in the leg, and the waistcoat both
in the single and dOuble-breasted variety,
cut high up in the neck to follow suit to
the coat Such will be the lounge suit of
the summer season of 1901. Blue serge will
not be nearly so much worn as last year,
and indications of any patronage that may
possibly be extended to other styles of ma
terial are at present too slight and vague
to warrant any reference to them.
A new departure in oVercoatS and covert
coats consists of the material designated
in the trade striped Venetians.' The
style most in demand as regards color and
pattern is the dark gray variety with a
spaced from one-half inch to one inch
apart. Quite a few men patronze drab
with a light gray green stripe, which GER
tainly looks very smart when made up.
The prevailing style of make consists of
the long loosely cut variety, full in the
skirt and hanging straight down from the
shoulders. The latter no longer made
with the raglan seam, as obtained last
year. The outside breast pocket is trans
ferred to the inside the silk facing is large
ly dispensed with, while the turned-up cuffs
already show signs of languiShing in the
public favor. The vertically cut side pock-
cts. however, remain popular as ever
Following the lounge suit, overcoats are, of
course, cut higher in the neck than for
merly. Trouserings will, during the forth
coming summer run nearly all dark gray
with thin stripes set somewhat widely
apart. AS l have already remarked, they
tend to a slightly closer cut in the leg. Be
fore leaving the subject of tailors' clothes
l may mention that there are signs of re-
Vival of the at one time popular mono
gram button, made in vulcanite and with
the wearer's initials in monogram.
Perhaps by way of a reaction from the
spell Of funereal garb, the fancy waist
coats of 1901 promise an unusual display
Of richness In color and pattern. The
latest are made of undressed linen, so
woven that in appearance they look some
what like sacking; but to the touch they are
beautifully soft and smooth. Here again
different shades of gray prevail as the lead
ing tint, with stripes similar to those
have already described for the lounge suit.
A good few Of them are, however, made
with square pattern, the square consist
ing for the most part of outline stripes
very narrow, in some lighter color to the
body of the material, and inclosing a space
which varies from three-quarters of an
inch by one inch to one and one-quarter by
one and one-half inches. The Stripes are
woven in a glossy silk. which shows up
well on the duller ground. Another va
riety of pattern comprises a closely woven
check much smaller than the squares. and
made in varying tfnts of light gray or
blue. The striped variety of these mate
rails is being largely made up into drill
suits for wear In hot climates and for this
purpose it would be difficult to exceed ii in
smartness Of appearance.
Another style of fancy waistcoat Is made
in cashmere and in varying shades of light
and dark green, with thin stripes of a
lighter green running vertically and set
apart in distances from one-fourth inch to
with plain spot pattern in white silk
spots set rather closely together. L omit
ted to say that the stripes are also and in
variably woven in silk. Tattersall waist
coatings will likewise find favor this sum-
mer. Here again shades of green will pre-
dominate, with gray checks formed by silk
lines inclosing spaces varying from one
and one-quarter inch by one and one-half
to one inch by one and one-quarter inch
in size. the stripes In this case being for
the most part In q darker green or gray
All fanoy waistcoats to be ultra smart
In the cravat world the invasion Of the
''grays and stripes" craze is almost as pro-
nounced az in tho tailors department
Nearly all the novelties in the way Of pat
tern seem to run In this direction, Shape
coats and Eaistcoats necessitatipg p re-
duction In the spreading apron that has