The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-05
The PROPER DRESS
Spring Styles for Men Have Now
Been Fixed. ~ : .-s@.->.
WILL HAVE A "SPRING''
Hip Flaps Remains the
FaVOrite.

In the spring, as in the fall, young
mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts Of
Dress This fever, which first makes
itself manifest with fashionable mascu-
Unity at about this time every year, re-
quires "a particular course Of treatment.
To that end an all-Wise Providence has
provided. a class of specialists known as
%tailers, who are already stocking UP with
liberal supplies of antidotes. ., -
The windows OF represe tailor
ing shops are already Offering tempting
displays of the popular cloths to be worn
this year,4With. fashion plates illustrating
how the fabrics 7alook when made into
wearing apparel. Tailors report unusual
ly early inquiry for the --latest out and
it won't be long before the swagger dress
ers will be giving the girls a treat" on
Though sacks will predominant for bust
ness wear, the cutaway9 frock with hip
flaps will remain the reigning favorite,
as was the case last season.
Single breasted sacks will be half
shaped three-seamers, and will average
70 inches in length for man whose
height is s feet 9inches. The shoulders
will be a trife lower than last, season,
and will not be so much "built up''-a
medium width and squareness now being
characteristic of all coats. The conspicu-
Gus changes are lighter roll with mar
row notch widths, "a lower closing and
less Of cutaWay effect.
The four-button style will be the favor
ite This coat will close opposite : the
hip flaps, below which it will be very
slightly cut away on nearly straight
lines to bluntly rounded bottom corners.
The hip pockets may be horizontal or
slanted AS rule, there will be an out
side breast pocket finished either with q
flap or to go in or out or with a welt.
The sack which will come next in popu
larity will close with three buttons and
will be little more cutaway than the
four button style. from about opposite the
ticket pocket, but in all other respects
will be the same.
Dame Fashion has decided to stcut out''
the military effect which characterized
the straight sack last summer, except that
the edges will be straight to the bottom
with sharp, Or just-turned corners. This
coat will be the same in every other way
as the four button cutaway style.
Special provision has. as usual been
made for fat men. The conservative one-
button cutaway style will be the correct
thing for men with an excess of embon-
point though it will be less fancied even
by them than for many We ars. S.
The double breasted sack will be the
same in the back and shoulders, but will
be one inch longer. The gorge will be
moderately low and long, s-but the lapels
and collarsWill be trffle narrower. The
ultra style will be the two buttoner,''
whose edges Will he evenly spaced for
four buttonholes. The fronts will close
with two buttons only. Conservative
styles will close higher, either with three
buttonholes to. two buttonholes on the
roll, or with the same number of buttons,
but to show only one buttonhole on the
roll. sS, h. a
Single breasted styles will have the
edges double. stitched, narrow. as rule,
though moderately wide single stitching
will be correct
The vest may be either single or double
whether made from fancy vesting or,
from the same material as the coat.
Trousers will be more shapely than last
year and will be more suggestive of q,