The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-16

TO sec trousers get back 70 that extreme
In that respect the Englishman who lnc.
turoi in London il right
And the garments that are standard
now, | believe will endure in one form or
another, even though the form itself will
change. Waists will he Nh or down, coats
will be long or short, and trousers wider or
tighter But | don't expect to see knee
breeches and silk stockings, or any non
sense Of that kind return"
There was another and equally select
tailor only few doors away from the ave-
nue.. in street not far away. He was
more inclined 10 agree with in. London
authority on all points.
Il don't think" he said, that the next
ten years. won't prophecy for any longer
period. for II would be foolish will SEQ any
material change in mems clothing There
have been changes, Of course, in the las,
ten vear-, but they have been very slight
The form of the garments has not been
altered 10 any great degree.
Take trousers, and believe that English
man IL right and that trousers are here Ia
stay. For most Of our customers We have
made no change in the shape Of our trousers
in the last five years.
There have been some who wanted them
| baggy, or wanted them inclined to I light ness
as he extreme Of fashion dictated, and
We have mad" them as directed. But most
men wished happy medium between the
Then frock coats have been long and
short adequately. and the waists have been
high and low, and suppose these things
VIII cont lnue TO vary little bit Sack
coats will have loose backs or fitted hack.
one year. one way and the next another
But these things are not great changes
You sec, most men in this country engage
IN business of some kind and their tastes
incline to the sensible in clothes. II ia he
ann OF the great majority of them, and the
majority rules in fashions. to be quietly,
| comfortably and incOnspicuously dressed
ana the present styles admirably fulfil
| these requirements
That the silk on dress coats sometimes
| covers tho whole lapel, as il is to do this
year, or only part of it, "a was the case
last. is not important in the general tendency
OF mems dress, though, of course, the Welt
things.
Il think mems clothing hero. at any rate
Is as suitable. as comfortable and as we'll
looking as can be devised to meet the re-
quirementS of modern life, and, with slight
changes, think 1t will stay just about as
II Is AT present
This was. in substance, the opinion of
most of the learned arbiters of clothes
An eX-prcsident of the Merchant Tailors'
Society of New York pointed to three cuts
upon fashion plate in his fitting room.
There said he, are three garments
which have lasted for twenty years sub
stantlaly IN their present shape and will
last Tor twenty years more-the Chester
, field overcoat, the frock coat and the cut
away.
Everybody, | had thought. accepts the
| fact that trousers have come to stay These
/ three garments fulfill all the requirements
demanded for them by the wei ressed
man, They are comfortable, good looking
/ and show Off the proper lines
| % The day for the merely beautiful in
mems cloth hes has passed An experiment
! 10 that end was made five or six years ago
and ! think the result proved It.
There were made for three men three
evening suits in velvet. with knee brooches
and silk stockings. They were in black,
blue and garnet color and they were works
Of art. They cost about $500 apiece. But
II was impossible to make anything of
| that kind fashionable
why was it2 In the first place. it was