Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-07
LOOSE CLOTHES FOR MEN.
Appearance Of Length Sought = Solid
Colors Predominant for Shirts.
From the New York Sun.

Mems dress Is still made loose fitting.
The best tailors here and in London seem
to think that their responsibility ends when
they make coats fit over the shoulders
Aside from that the coats may wander over
the body in any way they please. provided
that the loose lines show the skill of a
tailor who knbws how to cut. Coats are
long. with one cut at the bottom of the
middle seam. Two cuts are distinctly bad
form. The shoulders are cut broad, but
there is none of the padding so popular
a year or. two ago in the coats made by
the best tailOrs. Cuffs are put on the
sleeves and are not made to turn back.
as they were two years ago.
The same style Is followed with Overcoats
and dress clothes. The tall dress coat as
well as the dinner coat, has these false
cuffs applied to the sleeves, Every tailor
as well as every man who knows how to
wear his clother in accordance with the
present style, tries for what are called the
long effects. For that reason one meets
on the avenue every other man with his
hands in his coat pockets trying to make
his coat look as long as he can make It,
Collars on coats are rather narrow. and
as both waistcoats and coats have the
openings very deep the effect Of length Is
attained.
Trousers are still full the knees now
ranging from eighteen to nineteen inches.
Men wear them turned up, excepting when
frock coat is worn. The trousers made
with the cloth turned up about the bottom
and sewed into place are rarely seen now
adays, and have gone the way of the
heavily padded shoulders. The tendency
in all clothes now is to outline the figure
but vaguely, excepting over the shoulders
and about the neck. There is no severer
test Of tailor's ability than to make loose
clothes fit well.
With poor tailors, the greatest fault L.
always their disqualification to make gar
mentS large enough. Their idea Of a At ia
tghtness. And that Is the one thing to be
avoided nowadays. The summer shirts of
the best style all have the turned back
cuffs which wear so badly as to be almost
a luxury for millionaires only. Some of
the COlOred chevtOt shirts have their cream
colored flannel cuffs. which are smart and
wear better than the cotton cuffs But
they are warmer. and the feel of them Is
not agreeable to everybody. Most of the
shirts are plain, without tucks Some have
ogram Is placed on this pocket instead of on
the sleeve, where 1t is usually worm
Solid colors predominant in the styles for
shirts, light blue. pink and mauve being
the most popular. The champagne tints
are not effective and fade. although they
are usually in the shop windows Mauye
and purple hold their own as the popular
colors for neckwear, and there are no in
dications that they will drop out Of the
fashion this year. COlored handkerchfefs
in spite Of the summer season, are declin-
ing in popularity. although at this season
one might be allowed to indulge taste
for color.
They have become too common to an
The greatest amount of color allowed now
Is a colored monogram on a white hand
kerchjef. This Is permissible even with
evening dress. Many men supplied with a
stock OF colored handkerchiefs will con-
tinue to use them. But they will not be
likely to buy any more.