Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-19
STYLES IN MEMS DRESS
THE SPIRIT OF CONSERVATISM
s. Is ABROAD.
Trousers Are Wide and Fall in a
) Straight Line From Hip to
10 Shoe-Accessories.

Ifscm the New York Times.
1t is one thing for tailors and haoer-
Idashers and others who are interested IN
|the trade end of fashions to tell you what
Ito wear, and quite another for the men
|who pay attention to dress to wear the
|garments and articles recommended. The
HORSE show Is, to certain extent, the
mart of mems fashions. There Is more
variation there than one finds at any other
gathering during the winter. Here you
Twill see not only the very latest creations
for sport" but also for afternoon and
|evening and for use every day. The horse
|show allows quite a number of changes
|of costume for men. and some Of them
take advantage Of it. However, men of
fashion prefer to be Individual, and to
|dress in a certain style, a bit conservative,
land to refuse to have the newest or the
most startling things.
The spirit of conservatism has swept over
many. There are rumors of new frock
|coats, with wide skirts to be worn unbut-
toned, and to be held together by broad
ribbon, but the question is. Who is going
Ito wear them? The frock coat has been
worn unbuttoned for the past ten years
Fancy waistcoats have been in fashion for
|about the same period. Well-dreSsed men
|of today confine themselves to white duck
or buff. but Englishmen still wear the most
hideous and extraordinarily ill-ftting waist
coats - double-breasted, wide-lapeled af-
fairs.
Fashions Are Quiet.
The fashions are quiet this year. For
morning suits the shades are gray in all
|variations-gray mixed with black, gray
with q thread of red. or a faint indication
| of green. dark grays and light grays,the old
pepper and salt slate color, and Oxford
mixtures. Green is seen in many of the
Scottish and homespuns. but 1t Is not ag-
gresstve; 1t Is simply suggested. In fact,
there is nothing which would be in the
least marked in the patterns. One material
for morning suit has such faint lines Of
blush green that you would not detect
them unless you saw them in the sunlight.
The suit Is a sack. with a jacket coat not
too short.
Tailors are again using the outside breast
pocket, but 1t must be square and not per-
pendicular. These latter pockets appear
on many of the ready-made suits and
make the coats cheap and hideous. There
u much black In vogue and little brown or
green In positive colors.
The sack or morning suits which many
VIII wear, even in the early afternoons at
the show. have rather loose coats with
broad backs. They are all long. and the
semi-sack, semi-cutaway, with wide skirts,
|is quite fashionable. When these suits are
made with very wide skirts they resemble
20 much the frock coat that 1t Is permitted
TO wear with them q top hat Black cuta-
ways are also worn and are very servicea-
BILE for the afternoon. There are a few
have been imported from England, and sew
eral Londoners are wearing these, with
coat OF the same material, cut semi-frock
and with double-breasted tan waistcoats.
But otherwise one sees very few checks or
squares in the prevailing patterns.
The Frock Coat.
All trousers are made wide, and they fall
In straight line from the hips to the
shoe. For afternoon. with frock coat,
there Is little variation Of the old striped
pattern on dark blue and gray back
grounds.
The frock coats are not 30 tight fitting
and the skirts are wide. The frock over
coats. made from various Meltons and
smooth goods, IN blacks principally, are
one OF the semi-novelties OF the year.
They look exactly like frock coats and At
loosely, but with waist effect over the
ordinary frock or sack. The frock coats
button high and silk Is extended to half the
width Of the lapel.
There are, Of course many extraordinary
khings seen In the haberdashers' shops.
There are shirts OF brown linen. with blue
sleeves and narrow brown cuffs, and some
|0f blue bosoms and brown cuffs. and much
green and pink and ecru. There are scarfs
|of changeaole silk four-in-haRds with wide
stripes and some In hideous PUPPIES. ma
|well-dressed man will stick to blacks or
dark shades. Here and there red four-in-
hands are being worn, and some of these
will be seen at the horse show.
Evening clothes also remain about the
same in style. The tails of the evening
dress coat are long and are cut square.
WHITE waistcoats. double-breasted in u
shape, or black waistcoats, straight stand
fng collars and white lawn evening ties ar
ranged in stiH bow with square ends
patent leather pumps and black silk hose
are integral parts Of evening dress Even
with the dinner coat many men are wear
Ping straight, standing collars.
Gloves.
Evening gloves are OF heavy white kid,
with white stitching, although some of the
haberdashers of fashion have been showing
gloves with black stitching. This is a re-
Eival OF fashion Of some years ago. For
The morning and afternoon there are sew
eral species of ties. The shape united Of
many of these is the same They come In
eQuares or IN individual ties at all the
naberdashers. The squares are great pieces
pr silk, from which one can have his own
lies made