Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-16
KING Of CLOTHES;
FASHIONS ARB|TER
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wardrobe. The gold lace on a single
uniform often costs from 800 TO $500
Highly paid experts alone are employ
ed on work OF this sort. and Il FREE
quently takes four men as much as a
whole week 10 make up a single tunlc.
The honorary commands that are be-
slowed on the king cost their donors
nothing, but Il costs the king mint
OF money 10 provide the uniforms ne
cessltated by them. He holds compile
mentary naval and military appoint
ments In dozen foreign countries. he.
sides being honorary colonel OF a score
OF British regiments, regular and vol
unteer. Each one OF these necessl-
tates three uniforms, full dress. M
dress and mess besides oyercoats.
swords, etc. Robes OF the Garter. 81
Patrick, Thistle and other knlghtly or
ders come high but the king must have
them. Besides his nine orders OF Brit.
ish cavalry, the king has 80 foreign
ones. He has also the regalias OF dif-
ferent degrees Of Masonry. There IS
only one other man In the world. VII.
Ham the second 10 none" who Dos.
tesses more uniforms than King I'd.
ward. The kaisers outfit, Il is said. IN
cludes 1000 OF them. But the kaiser
delights In donnlng gorgeous costumes
King Edward wears them only when
the exigencies OF the king business
demand that he should make a show OF
himself. lie Is. however most partic-
ular about what might be called the
official part Of his OUTFIT. lie has an
inventory made once a month OF his
uniforms IN stock accompanied by
carefully prepared statement Of their
condition They are never allowed 20
get shabby. The slightest blemlsh on "A
uniform condemns II and IL becomes
the perquisite OF the superintendent "
the wardrobe or one Of his minons. Of
these latter there arc four. and two OF
them are expert tail0rs There are
many sinecures IN the royal household.
but the men who look after the kings
wardrobe and see 10 Il that every gar
ment therein Is spick and span always
fairly earn their pay.
The room which IS labeled the Royal
Wardrobe al Buckingham palace Is %
feet long by f6 wide, and with It's lc-
emulation OF coats. overcoats. waist
coats, trousers. shirts. underwear ties
boots, shoes, socks. stockings hats m
great variety, etc, Il looks much Ike
the stockroom Of a readymade outfit
ting establishment Tho apartment dc
voted 10 the kings Official narapher-
MALTA Is still larger and with lts be-
wllderlng array Of gorgeous uniforms
and robes Il r. strikingly suggestive OF
theatrical costumer's
CHANGES OFTEN.
when there are big functions 10 be
attended 20 the king may hnd 10 neces-
sary 20 display his dexterity as
lightning change artist a dozen times
in the course Of a day, and even when
there Is nothing particular going on ne
never assumes less than three different
suits a day. When he rises he puts on
an easy-httlng lounge suit Of black,
navy blue or dark mixture In this az.
tire he goes through his private cor
respondence.
Then about 10 or half-past, II DC IL
going 20 n shoot, he dous a brown tweed
sporting costume with picturesque
Tyrolean hat When the king Il ln
residence AZ Buckingham palace and
goes 10 Windsor for few hours among
the pheasants he leaves London IA
frock suit. but IN the royal rooms az
the Windsor railway stauon-one OF
which IL fitted up az a dressing room
there are awaiting his arrival one OF
two shooting costumes. from which he
selects the one most suitable for the
weather. II he h bent on golf. clothes
hehtting that pastlme take the place ~
the shooting OUTFIT II he has been sub
jected % any great cNertion during his
ha Ia -
sage before dressing for dinner.
The statement often made that he
never wears the same suit twice Is or
Toneous He does make Il rule never
to wear the same suit twice on con-
secutive days. As are most stout men
he IL hardest on his trousers. Because
he will not tolerate the suggestion u
q wrinkle IN his neither garments he
rarely wears a pair o. trousers more
than three or four times. In this way
he gets through quite a hundred pairs
in the course Of year.
HEADGEAR AND oyEBVCOATs.
He IL particularly extrayagant with
regard 20 overcoats. he INDUCES In
great variety OF headEear. and his ex-
perlments IN hats and caps from time
10 time have resulted IN popularizing
no less than seven distinct varieties
In nothing has the influence % the king
been more paramount than IN the %.
PRODUCTION into England obstinate. in-
eular Englsnd-Of the Homhurg fet.
which affords such a welcome relief
from the tyranny OF the silk "stoye.
pipe"
"Chief expressed in fancy. rich not
raudy." Il the phrase that best de-
scrlbes the kings taste IN dress fhe
hulk of his wooden garments are made
from fleece supplied by his own herd %
sheen Al Sandringham and woven INTO
the desired patterns al a mill bon MAJ
chester. which has a monopoly of ne
Kings patronage IN this respect In
many Instances the patterns are the re-