Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-08
FASHIONS IN MANS WEAR
Mere Males May Have Some Bright Things
This Season.
COLORS REPLACE THEOULL eRAYoR BLACK
No Startling Innovation in Cut of
Garments, but the Tendency
a. Toward the old
styles.
What shall I wear for easter7

What shall wear for easter7
This question, which by a kind of
fiction Is supposed to be asked only by
women, is in fact about this time of the
year one Of the important problems in the
minds OF several thousand male scoffers,
though perhaps they are more discreet in
discussing It. For II has come to be a
settled fact that in order to be considered
In the exclusive circles husband and
brother as wei. as wife and sister must
blossom out in new and brilliant raiment
on Easter Sunday.
The question Of what to wear is
really the question what are they wearing
in the east, for 1t is to the east the people
OF the west look for their standards In
clothing. Not'that the west is much be-
hind the east in adopting certain fashions
or dIsoarding them, because merchants Of
both sections patronize the same manu-
facturers, but the west is not apt to adopt
certain dogmas Of dress until they have
been tried and proven popular In the east.
This year Dame Fashion has given man
variety Of brightly colored garments TO
choose from and the general tendency
appears to be away from the somber and
toward the brilliant. In his business suits
he is told to select on grays or blues. His
gloves must be gray or pearl and his hat
the same shade II he would be strictly In
style.
The trimmings. such as the neckwear,
hosiery. shirts and hatbands provide ample
opportunities for bright colors, which OPP
portunity will be embraced this spring as
never before
Aside from desire for brilliant colors
the general tendency appears to be rather
towards conservatism in dress or rather
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few years.
l. styles Move I'm Circles.
styles go in circles. - said philosophical
haberdasher discussing the tendencies OF
exclusive people. There are only seven
primary colors and tastes run from one
color to another and then back over the
same ground again. Every so often we
find ourselves just where we were a few
years back.
This is due to the desire OF the exclu-
sive people to be different. They will begin
wearing pink and in a few months the
common herd catches on and wears pink
too. Then in order to set themselves of
from the herd the exclusive set adopts
blue and for a time all is well. Then the
people adopt blue, too, and the exclusive
set has to find some other color. 50
say, fashions move in circles
Fashions have been to the extreme Of the
loose baggy effects in clothing and are now
on the way back to the. snug hitting gar
ment. This season the advance has not
been very marked, but the tendency is
plainly visible, 3 .,ss .-..t .,>.
For the business Man.
While the man who is stickler for pro
priety in clothing will be limited to light
grays and blues for ordinary and business
wear, he will have a wide range within
these limits. For the conservative man the
plain goods will be the favorite, but for the
youth who wants something louder all sorts
Of figures and weaves may be had. The
tendency Is toward the hard-hnish worst
eds and away from the softer serges and
cheviots. though both of the latter will be
worn. There are large varieties Of figures
to select from. Plaids are beginning to
wane in popularity.
The cut Of the coat this spring shows as
much as anything else the swing Of the
pendulum from the extremes of the last
season or two. While there is little change
in length except, perhaps, that fewer Of the
extremely long ones will be seen, the big,
flowing, full back Is a thing of the past The
proper thing now is a coat moderately full
In the back, but drawn in slightly to Mt the
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to fare out slightly over the hips, and is
cut either with or without a vent in the
back.
Double-breasted coats are stin favorites.
but they will have to fight for first place
with slngle-breasted garments. The wide
effect of last year is still retained in what
Is known to the trade as the concave
shoulder. This gives the wearer the same
stalwart appearance with less padding and
consequently a more natural effect. There
Is also tendency toward a wider lapel on
the coat
Vests with binding.
For both business and dress purposes the
fancy vest is a prime favorite and will be
worn this year more extensively than ever
before. In color they will follow the gen.
eral prediction for light gray and pearl
shades. This year the binding. which went
to'an extreme IN width last season, will be
narrower. The fancy creations which are
being shown are OF gray and pearl. with a
very narrow black binding around the end
and across the pockets. Both plain and fig
ured goods are proper and many shades
other than gray and pearl are being sold
especially brown body with white binding
which seems TO be popular
FrOck Goats Hold On.
The frock coat, both for dress and bust
ness wear, maintains dignihed and con-
sentative attitude toward the changes that
are going on in other lines OF masculine
wear. The double-breasted Prince Albert
conservative In length. viii be the most
popular for dress purposes. For business
use the singie-breasted Prince Albert, about
knee length. will be the proper thing The
usual accompaniment OF light trousers and
tall hat are demanded in the east. but in
the west the derby Is permissible except In
the most exclusive circles.
For afternoon street wear the English
walking coat OF conservative length will be
worn. though It cannot lay claim this year
as rival OF the PrincA Albert
Full Dress snsts.
The same tendency away from innova-
ton Is noticeable in evening dress. The
only change this year Is toward a broader
shoulder and a slightly wider lapel. The
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