The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-06
GRAY DRESS SUITS THE LATEST.
Proposition in Masculine Attire-May
 be Seen at Newport

l Proposition in Masculine Attire-May | be Seen at Newport. The efuture evolution of the conven- | t1onal dress suit In America is just now ! exciting considerable speculation in cer-
 tain fashionable circles For many years Americans, original and careless
 of tradition in regard to other matters.
 were content to follow the dictates of
 London concerning the correct styles
 for evening wear. The British arbiters
 of fashion, for their part, were content to continue the dinner costume un- l changed, regarding the "claw hammers
 coat with the same reverence with | which they looked upon the silk hat which was worn with it. And it was
 this same silk hat which caused the be- l ginning of the end which has not yet ! been reached in America.
 Society men who spent their summers at Newport and Narragansett began tu thing that heavy silk hat worn on d l hot evening was as ridiculous as 1t was uncomfortable. First, an attempt was made to introduce the custom of going bareheaded. Although this idea was not entirely successful, even during one l season. it brought the question of a sen- sible substitute for the evening head- gear well to tthe front, and one day the | first decisive step was taken. The silk l hat was discarded, and the straw hat with the plain black band took it's place. | But, after all, if the hat had been changed, the suit itself remained It was impossible that any one would dare | to lay sacrilegious hands on that, and 1 divest England of one of it's crowning | glories
 But the American of the twentieth century has original ideas concerning the future of mems dress for evening wear. The coming summer is to see a; striking innovation which may lead to others still more radical This is noth- ing more or less than the substitution of dark gray cassi1nere for the black ma- | terial of the same texture which has
 been used exclusively hitherto in the making of mems suits for evening wear. The leading New York makers of mems clothes have had this matter lin- der consideration for some months, be- lieving that the time was almost ripe, and considering that the utility of a suit of some sober dignified color other than black would appeal to the common sense of summer residents at the fash- ionable resorts particularly.
 In discussing the proposed change a. prominent Fifth avenue tailor said last week:
 "Of course, we do not expect every one will change from black to gray at once. We have had several orders for dinner suits in the new style, but many of our best customers in renewing their Tuxedo garments for the coming season
 have preferred to stick to the black of seasons past
 Tt is probable that the gray suits will first be seen early in the Newport sea- son, and we shall then be in better position to judge whether the wearing of them is to be regarded as a fad, or whether the innovation may be expect- ed to become permanent change In fashionable evening dress and steadily grow in popularity.
 "The lines of the gray Tuxedo will follow those of the black for the pres- ent season, which remain unchanged from last year. The silk facings will extend clear to the edges with little binding of braid to match. The vest
 may be of gray, double breasted, or it may be of white with white or gilt butt tons, these being matters in which lati- tude is allowed for individual tastes, while the approval of fashion and cor- rect style is given to each alike. New York Times.
 District of New maven, ss. -r-ropate Courr.
 February 2S 1902.
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