The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-05-30
THE SUMNER STYLES.
What Well Dressed Men will Wear
he is Rectangular, Hav-
ing No Curves.

Someone has described the man Of
fashion who is about to bloom with the
flowers Of spring as utterly rectangular.
He has no ''curves." His coat, trousers,
waistcoats, collars, cuffs, hat and even
walking stick admit Of nothing but an
up-and-1own effect, in plain eeomet-
rical pattern. There may be later some
! lavish display of color in some Of the
materials for shirtings and ties. or in
some OF the hose, to offset this effect,
Which Is suggestive Of black and white;
but the goods which the haberdashers
are sober in hue ana lnciine toward the
grays and drabs and black anu white
mixtures.
There is only one bit Of color which
mas recently come in from England. 1t
is the brown derby hat. The shade is
most a cafe au lait; the shape is belled
with q curling brim, and the felt of
| which 1t is made has a shining, glossy
surface. These hats were quite in
vogue in England last year, and during
the past two weeks there has been quite
run on them: because there has been
rumor that the King has adopted the
style.
Ana now about the rectangular fash
IONS The hat just described hardly be-
longs to this category, but all the very
smart clothes are being made with that
point of view. For some years the
sacque coat or morning jacket was Il
garment, single-breasted, with three but.
tons, and finished with an abrupt curve
ut the waist, Or even slightly below.
The very fashionable tailors are now
making ain the sack coats very much or
the principle Of the REFER. They ar.
m n3H longer than formerly and they are
SSvrrn
falntest suggestion of compromise The
| breast pocket which was 1abooed some
years ago has been restored and it is
square III effect. 1t slants slightly, but
not IN the exaggerated way which has
been reproduced by some English tailors
resident in New York. The coat looks
as II II might be drawn by a mechanical
engineer with square and rule This
shape also extends to the morning cut
! away, a description Of which was given
early III the season. The coat is going
through some slight notifications and is
| assuming the square aspect A coat
| which is boeh frock and semi-dress has
been introduced. 1t has long skirts and
extends to the knees. It is absolutely
| square.
TIE top hat has almost square brim
| and is square also as to it's crown effect.
There will be little difference from last
year in the shape Of the straw hat. The
brim will be medium and quite straight.
There is 10 doubt but that the Panama
| will be very fashionable again. The real
article is so expensive and it lass for 50
many years that those who have invested
in hat Of the kind will not be inclined
to discard it after a seasons trial. Then
| again it is very light and cool and most
comfortable. A more disasl eeable spe-
| cies of headgear than the ordinary straw
hat it is difficult to md
Shirtings are coming in quite rapidly.
There is very little change in style from
the beginning Of the season. The figures
| in the colored shirtings are either of the
| narrow up-and-down stripe variety, or
ground. Just now there is a great effort
to introduce or rather to insist upon the
adoption of the pleated bosom and the
! soft-bosomed shirt The latter has more
Of a chance of success than the former.
The pleated bosom never has taken the
fancy of well-dressed men. There is
something too theatrical about it, some
thing too suggestive of the ordinary shirt
| waist.
There is also to be an effort to intro
duce this summer linen and cotton fabric
suits. White duck is being made for
many Of the fashionable men, and there
Iare some very nice patterns shown in
Whether the Newport man will appear
In blue jean trousers is yet specula-
ton. The fannels which were so popu-
lar two years ago. and Of which such
large stock was acquired by some Of
the ready-made, clothiers, will not be
Iery popular this year. at least with
being we'll dressed The striped mate
rails have been initiated to. a great ex-
Itent, and are being worn by the fire.
|quenters of the Bowery,s where young
linen have q code and fashion of their
lbwn, have their hair trimmed round at
The front, and wear low SLOUGH hats and
terry high turned down collars. The
fSshion there seems to have gone to
stripes, and materials which made; nice
Iftouserings are used for the whole suit.
| New ties are in foulards and light silks.