Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-15
fHE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY JULY IS 1eo5-PART
STYLES In MEMS WEAR
THE IMPENDING RETURN TO
TIGHTER CLOTHES.
A New Morning Shirt With Colored
Co1lar-Evening Clothes in Win
ter and Summer.
From the Haberlasher.

from the hnDeruasnef.
Have we reached the uttermost bounda-
ries of freedom in dress? 1t seems so.
though In common with many others dep
recate the impending return to tighter
clothes Fashion was never so sound in
purpose as when 1t made looseness Its car
dinaI feature. for loose dress chimes CAPT
tally with the present age of muscle and
sinew. With hang instead of fit the
supreme consideration. clothes are more
comfortable, more appropriate and more
rational. 1t may be objected that loose
clothes lack grace, but grace is rather an
attribute of women's than of mems dress.
Above all. a man should look manly. sea-
soned Of muscle, proad-shouldered pur-
poseful of bearing. Loose clothes are best
suited to the pace at which we Americans
go and to the almost electric vim villa
which we plan and do things. Business
calls nearly all of us "te arms" the lag
CARDS being few indeed. Hence. the Amer
lean must dress sensbly and suitably and
cannot we'll affect the elegance of the aris-
tocratic dawdler OF the continental clubs.
There is renaissance this summer OF
tweeds and hannels for the country. though
the loose, rough tweeds have never really
lost caste among men who know their ster-
ling qualities. Flannels are ideal for loung-
Ing Gin the open" and for games, while
tweeds worn for travelling, hunting and
the like. With tweeds go the inevitable
pipe, the thick-soled, low-cut russell shoes
and the Panama hat. 1t is noteworthy that
russell shoes are not worn In town this sea-
son. but only In the country. Some men
like to affect Just run up from country
air by wearing their tweedS In town; but
this of course, is mere pose Another
Fad of the moment is to dress as If one had
Just stepped from ones motor car, and
young mea especially are fond of wearing
motoring clothes at the shore and on hotel
porches While some of this attitudeniZing
may seem bit silly, 1t exempiifies the
mastering drift toward comfort which dis
tinguishes mems dress this summer. Stiff
ness and angularity are Stunned, and the
aim is to achieve that eaSy-breezineSS
which expresses the truest elegance and
marks the sincerest refinement In dress.
This applies equally to the essentials and
the incidenta1s OF clothes this summer.
A New Shirt.
On this page show one of the new morn
ing shirts having collar of the same ma
terial as the shirt The pattern of the shirt
Is formed by narrow stripes, and the collar
Is white and without a design upon it. 1t
should not be understood that the collar Is
colored. for 1t isn't. The collar Is simply
made of the same cloth as the shifting, but
without the color design. Granting that
this is a fad 1t Is rational one and at
fords decided, but warranted, departure
from the monotonous reign of white linen
collars. The matching of the designs in
shirt and waiStcoat is old Story-indeed,
there is a prediction just now for har-
mony of color and design throughout the
whole scheme of dress Personally. l do
not indorse dressing in a single color Con-
trasts if agreeable and harmonious, are to
be sought not avoided, and there is an in
sipdity about the clothes of man who
wears but one color that robs them of life
and grace. Simplicity as well as elaborate
ness in dress may be carried to extremes,
and the one may become offensive by
its vapidness as the other is by its vocifer-
BUSINESS We need color and an abundance
of it TO lend brightness to our clothes, and
it is noticeable that lapse into colorless-
ness one season is always followed by a
veritable riot of color the next eason. Thus
the shortcomings of the mode eQualize
themselves with each recurring year.
Simple Patterns.
In shirts we are reverting to the simplest
cloths and patterns. Plaids and like de-
signs have become so common that they
are no longer acceptable and stripes and
detached figures quite passe. Fine
crepes are particularly approved for sum-
mer, as they are soft and extremely yield
ing. To have shirt and handkerchief ac-
cord in pattern Is considered the ultimate
of good form. 1t was year ago that
mentioned the budding vogue Of fabric
gloves for men, and that they are now at
the height Of their favor. anybody may sat-
isfy himself by observation. Silks, isles
and French linens are the approved fabrics,