Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-22
STYLES IN MEMS DRESS
A CHAPTER ON EVENING CLOTHES
AT SUMNER RESORTS.
New Ideas in Cravats and Shirts
Latest LOw-Cut Shoes - Wing
Collars and Fold Collars.
From the Haberdasher,

The social requirements of the summer
season. sartorially considered, are becom-
ing more and more diversified, eXacting
and complex. A man is required to be
ready to meet all sorts of invitations and
to be prepared to dress properly for formal
and informal dances, lawn parties. drives,
rides, wheeling, golffng, tennis, yachting,
bathing and the other sports which are
supposed to be numbered among the many
accomplishments of the man Of the period.
To fit up a proper wardrobe for the sum-
mer season calls for the expenditure Of a
great deal of money, and the display of
such a varied amount of knowledge of
sports and their requirements that hab-
erdasher must be constantly studying the
requirements of all sorts of men. In the
large summer hotels and about the summer
resorts dress is not a matter of such very
difficult study. One must bear in mind that
comfort in dress is a summer necessity and
not merely an essential requirement. Man
will not be a slave to dress, and that being
accepted as truism. we must be prepared
to know just how far to depart from the
most exacting requirements of the mode
without offending good taste.
A man may take small liberties with his
dress without being positively out of fash
ion. This is particularly true of evening
dress in summer. Comfort is then neceS-
sity; that is, it is more of a necessity than
1T is during the cool months To conserve
ethics of the mode, wear garments that
would not be tolerated at formal affairs.
At summer hops and at dinners, and when
attending hotel dances, one may wear a
straw hat with evening dreSS-and / am
not prepared to entirely condemn the even
ing jacket for summer wear. Men will wear
it, because with it one may wear a fold
collar, a pleated shirt and a low-cut white
Wa1Stcoat. Whenever a man attends a
dance he should not forget that women
must be given some consideration, and for
hat reason he should show his galantry
by suffering slight diScomfortS. The gloves
| are worn to protect the gowns of the wo-
men from the perspiring hands of men, and
no man should so far forget what he owes
woman as to deliberately go barehanded
because it is comfortable.
1t is not always necessary to wear an
oVercoat or a top coat with evening dress
in summer. In town it may be necessary.
put In the country one may go about the
motel grounds or drive In a closed carriage
without wearing an overcoat. The ques-
ton of the coat is one of weather Protec-
ton ls essential, and cleanliness must be
preserved at,s1 We ones linen is sure to become
solled II no muffier or top coat is worn.
The best gloves for evening wear during
the hot months are the pearl kids, with the
Isle or open-mesh insertions in the fingers
These are known giants de luxe and
they are very cool and comfortable
For day dress 1 have noticed a number
or innovations worthy of attention. The
new pleated shirts of the neglige kind are
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are white and there is neat stripe in
color just in the center of and between
each pleat. These are very slightly shirts
and they are also very comfortable 7
think that white neglige shirts will be worn
very extensively this summer
"hlte duck trousers will enjoy revival
during the coming season. These must al
ways be worn with a dark coat of solid
color either a blue or a black fabric is
pest. Toward the close of last summer
liotlceo number of men at evening hops
VINO wore dinner jackets and white duck
trousers, but | do not think that s,,cb
combination is exactly proper or that II
VIII attain any degree of popularity among
smart men.
One of New York's leading matters shows
the new alpine Panama hats with a rather
narrow ribbon in colors. The average man
however Will wear the black band. The
coiored nat band belongs to the club and
toliese man. Inc colors should always be
those OF the varsity to which the wearer
| belongs. The rough straw sailor hats will
De as popular next summer. in
1act' think that more of them will be
seen than OF the Panamas The latter are
very expensive, and the cheap substitutes
VIII hardly be taken up by welI-dressed
men. 'eN
saw some SON new cravatings recently that
were ODDITIES In their way. They wera
made of heavy, unbleached linens in
sort or grenadine weave, the stripes being
narrow and in bright colors This gave .
IT, yu or a plue stripe on brown ground.
| II
lngs and could only be tied in the once-oyer
form. Va
RuSset shoes again shown nv tba
ieaolng oootmakers, but do not think that
they Will supplant the low-cut black shoes
winch are so popular. The new shoes show
a nat last with less outswing and narrower
toes than the much advertised ready-made
models. --'-"'
For formal day dress the wing collar fs
no" generally accepted. 1t has square or
rouhd-po1nted wings, and the wings are
rather large. The cravats worn with these
are large. The favorite forms are the once
overs, ascots and imperials The newest
once-oVers and aScots are in ottomans
Ihey LOOK very well and are in solid colors
Rumchunda three-and-a-haIf inch ascots
are also being worn with the wing collars
During the summer months the fold COL
lar will undoubtedly be the most favored
form The newest styles show moderate
width band with close-meeting front and
with round points. There is one thing certain
and that is that the very high fold collars
Will not be worn to any extent The Young
men are now wearing very low fold col
lars with pleated neglige shirts narrow
belts and flannel or serge suits. The new
est belt is about one and three-eighths of
an inch wide and has very neat SQUARE
buckle of gilt. So far as ties and derbies
go. 1 think the former will even be more
popular than the latter. Ties will be small
and both the straight cut and the butterfly
are shown. In fine goods think the bats
wing is the favorite.
The turn-up on trousers Is not as wide as
last season think the new form is much
better than that in vogue last year The
narrow turn-up looks well over the high
fnstep of the new low-cut- shoe with It's
broad silk laces.