The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-29
STYLES FOR MEN S WEAR
A Forecast of the Fashions
For Autumn.
NO RADICAL CHANGES COMING.

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An Expert Says brightness and Color
WIN Be Distinguishing Features
of Fan Dress--wing collars TO ne
Favoriten-Correet Form In shirts
and Cravats The Proper Trock
Coat.
More or less conjecture must enter
into any forecast Of autumn fashions
just at present The mode is in a
plastic state, ready for forming, but
not yet formed. Radical Innovations
in dress / do not look for this autumn.
says a correspondent of Haberdasher.
ii will be a season OF brightness and
color, Of richer tones and warmer hues.
but there are no signs that custom and
tradition will be Jared. If fashion
has a card up its sleeve, it viii pertain
to details rather than essentials. The
well dressed man Of autumn, naughty
three" win show the same regard for
the nicehes OF attire that have long
distinguished the American gentleman.
He will studiously avoid anything that
renders him too conspicuous, and be
will continue to shun the popular as
he would pestilence.
With the donning of more formal att
tire wing collars will be favorites. The
long narrow wing has given place to
smaller affairs that fit the neck rather
snugly and give tldier effect. The
best model of wing collars win be some
what high, have narrow stitching and
| less space between the tabs. Square or
round points are optional, though
fancy the square will be more sought.
Round points have never really passed
beyond the fad stage. and this joined
to the fact that they are featured by
low priced shops, tends TO render them
unacceptable to many men. Poke col
lars for evening and formal day wear
should taper gracefully from the neck
outward. Pokes with snippy points
are odious Standing collars with
fronts just meeting and straight stand
ers with overlapping fronts are correct
for formal occasions. Fed collars are
out of it from a strictly fashion point
Of view, us they are really summer
style. However, they win be worn 70
business, and both square and round
points are permissible. All collars viii
have soft. dead white. Iusterless finish.
Coming to shirts for informal wear,
the plated garments are good. Plaits
are somewhat narrow, and the grounds
consist Of stripes or swiyeled units.
Colors are a bit pronounced, in har-
mony with the general tendency Of
autumn dress toward more sharply de-
fined effects. | do not think that the
bosom shirts made up Of two fabrics,
one In cuffs and bosom and the other
In body and sleeves, will go with the
best trade. Cross stripe bosoms are
mooted, but conditions Just now are
not favorable to their Introduction
High class custom shirt makers have
shown them tentatively and, 20 far as
can be determined, without encourage
ment. Dress shirts have undergone no
change. The very simple affair with
plain bosom is correct.
In cravats it's a season Of large
shapes. The wing and poke collars
look well only with cravats Of generous
widths. For business wear big squares
and broad four-in-hands Will be prop
err, while for formal day wear the ascot
promises to hold first place. Narrow
four-in-hands, small ties and skimpy
crayats generally are passe. Brilliant
designs are favored in cravatings, and
the lover of brightness and color may
give free rein to his taste without
transgressing the proprieties. OF course
exclusiveness of pattern counts for
much and the we'll dressed man viii
60 to any length to obtain it. Four-in-
hands VIII have moderately tight, full
knots while ascots will be adjusted
with a freer and more flowing effect.
So called dress protectors are not to
be thought Of. The smart muller viii
be the big thiry-six inch shape in
plain black, plain white or sober mix
lures. In both cravats and mudiers in-
dividuality of pattern and plenitude Of
fabric are the marks Of the upper class
article.
Venturing into the domain Of the
tailor as contradistinguished from that
Of the haberdasher, the frock coat for
a man 5 feet inches high win be
forty inches long and made Of worsted
vicuna. The lapels VIII be long and
medium width and viii be silk faced
to the buttonhole Jackets win be
made without the long roll which has
come to be the badge Of the ready