Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-04
SUMNER Styles.
What the Weli-Dressed Man
Will Wear This Season.
C0nspicuousness Is
FrOWned On.
QUIET fltdANG THE DEsIDfRATIUN

The correctly dressed man will be
much more modestly arrayed this
summer than he was last. While
many pretty and effective styles are
noted on the fashion plates of the tail.
ors, the objective is a quiet elegance
The spring and summer habilaments
Of the masculine gender will be free
from the slightest degree OF conspicu
BUSINESS.
The little suggestions of extreme
ness that W. the well-dressed man
countenanced last year will survive
this season only among the butter
HES" by which name loud" dressers
are known among tailors everywhere.
This fact will be especially notice.
able in the hats.
Last summer the flaring, broad
brimmed Panama. in every %conceiv-
able shape, was the correct thing, but
now it has been dethronej. 1t is
not likely, of course, that the man who
paid SIS or 500 for a Panama a year
ago will lay it aside. Many will wear
them simply because they have them,
but the vogue of the sombrero effect
is gone and, though the straw will
still be popular, it will be made with
a square crown and a moderately.
Hanged brim. Crown ana brim will be
made of a size to suit the wearer.
There is a new thing in the derby
nat, known as the "tropic weight" 1t
.tuoks exactly like an ordinary derby,
lKl examination will show it to be
f~hafvelously light and cool. Some deal
ers declare that it will be even more
comfortable than the straw for hot
weather.
Clothing will show few variations
from the styles that prevailed last
year. The tendency will be toward
quiet designs and colors with, of
course. the conventional greys and
light shades. All the coats will be
about an inch longer than the CORE
spending styles Of last season.
The only changes OF any Importance
are OF the ~twD-buttoa. single.breastnd,
~long-tail'' cost, and the t%wo-bMtton.
0oable-hreasted with a single-breasted
revere that will give the ''l0ng-tail" ef.
feet. There is. besides, one STYLE.
known as the "Gramntercy," which Is
short, double-breasted and %three-but-
toned. with a long revere. and another
style with the front giving a suggest
ion Of the GETAWAY" This last IS
single-breasted and gives a striking
military effect.
In outing suits the coarse and cool
homespuns will be the popular mate
rial. The styles will be much the
same, with the exception that the
'turn-up' at the bottom of the trou-
sers will be half an inch or so shall
yer.
The four-in-hand tie will be the cor
thing, in blacks or blues or dark
reds. or, for those who like a little
variety, in quiet dots and combina-
lions of the more conspicuous shades.
In his foot gear the man of fashion
VIII have little choice. He will have
"a low shoe, of course. The old-fash-
toned blucher, which has made many
attempts to force its way again into
popularity. will probably succeed.
Many attractive shoes are being made
in this style and the dealers are con-
8igVent that it will supplant all 9th
GTF.
The general tendency will be to-
ward a somewhat narrower toe-not
the "tooth-pick' point by any means,
but a shoe straight on its inner line
and curved gracefully on its outer
side.
The new shoe will have another Pc
culiarity. 1t is known as the Stat toe
and is, indeed. so fiat as to look al
most as though it curved downward.
This effect is brought about not only
by the curve of the shoe itself, but
by the sole being made in such a way
that it rests fiat upon the ground.
even to the tip of the toe. This is
absolutely new IDEA.
The rolls Of the more popular shoes
will p%rotrude on each side of the ball
Of the foot and out beyond the toe,
much to the pointed effect.
Haberiashers and shoemakers also
report a return to more moderate
in their wares. The white neg
iigee shirt-with cuffs attached, be it
remembered-will be worn by every
body. The correct styles will be eth
er the plain or the pleated bosom,
with little advantage on either side.
So far as colored shirts are con
cerned, the wild riots of violent shades
that n caught the popular fancy
are done for. 1t is rather to the other
extreme that the wearers will go this
summer.