The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-23
SOME FREAK MODES
NOTED IN MEN SWEAR
Knitted Silk MufflerS Found in
Many CoIors
SOME COST EIGHT DOLLARS
other Comforts for the Men Who Like
to Bundle Themselves Up.
Trousers Are Now Worn
Rather Short.
SOME COST EIGHT DOLLARS

There are always new details of fash
ION that come into existence chiefly from
the belief of the dealers that there should
be novelty to attract the seekers for "the
latest thing" This is the explanation Of
many fashions that are not comprehend"
BILE on any other ground.
The new muffers that have come into
style this year are probably less freaky
than some of their companions These
long scarfs of knitted silk were first inn
ported only in blue red and white. They
are made in England and are said to be
hand work, which is one excuse for the
high prices asked. Like the rural muf-
flers of knit or crocheted worsted, they
wrap several times about the neck, but
unlike this favorite property of the by
Gosh" drama, they are not allowed To
hang down or be in any other way wish
BILE They We're intended originally for
the motorist, but they have been accepted
cordially as a new scarf for evening
wear, says the New York Sun.
The average New Yorker does not take
to a muffler with evening dress for pro-
lection. He wears it to keep his shirt or
his collar from contact with his overcoat
pose very well, and for that reason they
have taken the place of the white silk
muffers. For wear with motor coats the
scarfs are in colors. The finest are as
high as IS.
Lightly Clad at Night.
How little New York men trouble to
keep themselves warmly clad in the
evenings is plainly shown at the opera
ThaV fiat fn Of
theatre between the acts in the coolest
weather with no added outdoor protection
other than silk hat and most of tnelr
wear pumps with thin silk socks. Yet
there must be somewhere men who 10
bundle themselves up when they go our
in evening clothes. For them there aca
new protectors on the market. They are
no longer made of quilted satin, which
enclose the wearer until he looks like the
lining of a jewel box. The newest CT
these made up apparatuses resembles a
muffer loosely arranged to meet at the
neck. 1t is very tightly affixed to "A col
lar which closes ard protects the chest
as carefully MS il. he we1rer had on Il
waistcoat. OF cnnrre such an expedert
is as much a vin'nt'on or the. laws of
good dressing as is made up nee.tio
Yet there have always been men who
have not hesitated to wear both Of these
violations of the rules.
One of the novel features of dress this
year is the apparent conviction of the
makers of mems underwear that there. IS
n demand for union underwear They are
making it up in fashions. There are not
only union suits consisting of Isle mesh
to the knee but there are Isle shirts with
the drawers made of nainsook that COM
bne the most popular style for mea
Even pajamas are made up now in ore
piece on the union suit basis although
they are SO made as to have the appear
ance of being in two pieces and tied
ABOUT the waist in the old way. Tina.
the wearer is free from the necessity OF
tying belt tightly about his waist ana
has instead the weight of the trousers
on his shoulders is the supposed recon-
mendation of these pajamas. The soph.s-
heated know, however, that it is their
novelty which is counted on to make
them sell.
Trousers No Longer Turned Up.
The new style for wearing the trousers
Very short has made 1t no longer sma,s
TO turn the trousers up. Worn as short
as they ought to be. there is no space
left to turn up So there will be ~,
turned up trousers on wel-dressed men
this winter, unless the weather is respon-
sible for it. In the same way there has
come to be a change of fashion in the
taste for shirts. The idea of putting on
white shirt for ordinary wear has been
out OF date here for ten years. Now the
reaction against the colored shirt has
come, and white is for the time being
favored
These white shirts are not necessarily
made up with stiff bosoms. They are
frequently pleated. tucked and covered
with embroidery where the object is to
make them costly. They are usually sun
Piled. moreover, with the soft turnback
cuffs.
The tendency is now to avoid stiffness
In every detail of mans Dress No lapel
is now ironed down. II Is turned bacK n,
soft roll. The stifhy ironed collars on
coats are equally out of the mode now.
and they roll back from the coat.
No ingenuity in inventing fashions "a
equal however. to the ina gination of the
men who design the waistcoats. Some
new freak makes it's appearance every
week. Not long ago 1t was the leather
Waistcoat for dress that had come into
the world. Now these white suede az
fairs, edged Gas to the pockets) with
black silk braid, have been excelled in
eccentricity by a fashion which appeared
In the window of a Fifth avenue haber-
dasher 1t is a waistcoat with two rows
of buttons down the front where one or
dinarily would be. In this case the shop
window will probably continue to be the
only place In which 1t is exhibited.
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