The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-28
SEVEN SUITS In THREE DAYS
WHAT A MAN MAY WEAR on A
WEEK END VISIT.
He May Arrive q symphony I'm Delicate
Green N Change Into other Color
Effects az the Entertainment Varies.
Paying Attention to the Smallest Details

end visit has beer outlined. A very mod
crate supply Of garments could make him
as comfortable as he need be and quits as
well dressed as necessary. II he happens.
however, to he a dresser by nature such q
supply would never satisfy him. There
are men who find no greater pleasure in the
visit to the country than the opportunity
It affords for frequent dressing.
If we take the case Of the man who goes
TO the country on Saturday afternoon"
said the man in the Venetian Palace, of
Fifth avenue, who aims TO instruct his GUS
toners In what they should wear as well
as to provide it for them, you see there is
very little he can put on that day. II he
goes out In time 70 tennis there will be, Of
course some opportunity for him to show
what he does in his outing dressing.
Take, for instance, the suit In which he
arrives from the city. That may be a
gray tweed with an almost indistinguish-
able green check about two inches square
running through il. His socks will be Of
apple green silk and his black low quarters
will he tied with a broad silken string. OF
course his trousers are turned up. His
long gray sack coat is rat her tight fitting
and he wears a waistcoat OF the same color.
IL il cut much higher than his coat and at
least two BUTTONS on the waistcoat are
visible. inside the collar of his waistcoat
shows the inevitable narrow band of white
duck His high standing collar il turned
down his tie Of knitted apple green silk Is
not more than an inch and a quarter broad.
His shirt of soft white linen without pleats
shows a narrow green stripe running up
and down. The unstarcbed cuffs are
doubled back and on the left sleeve, hidden
by his coat, Of course, il a monogram en-
broidered in green. His handkerchief,
which has a dark green centre with a white
border. bears the same monogram. The
pin In his scarf IL q pearl. His cuff buttons
are Of two apple green stones. His buf
gloves are Of chamois. Instead OF a watch
chain he wears a leather band stretching
from a button in his waistcoat to the watch
in his pocket. He goes in a motor and wears
a loose pongee yellow silk motor coat.
This suit is something We just did up
for a customer. All the clothes I'm going
to tell you about for examples happen
to have been made up recently Tor one
Of our customers who is going to Newport
for the first time this year.
Say he arrives at the house and there
is talk OF tennis. Then he goes up TO dress.
There ia no excuse for a mar who dresses
well not to distinguish himself at tennis,
There is so much opportunity and in the
mere matter OF color effects a nan may
make himself wonderful.
when my patron comes dow for mi
he will ave on white chamois shoes. His
socks will be OF heavy gray silk, which
seem only a shade darker than the heavy
white ann trousers he wears. Up the
outside scam of these trousers is a heavy
band of white silk braid. About his waist
is a white leather belt. If he wants to be
a little more snowy in the point Of color
he may put on a silk scarf. should recon-
mend for such a color scheme a gray scarf
striped with mauve or purple. They come
now in nearly every color They are
square but long enough to serve as a belt
for a man whose figure still entities him to
think Of dress. They are rolled up and
run through the straps put on to hold the
belt. Then they are tied at the end. Most
Of the haberdashers import them just FOR
this purpose
Ills silk shirt has a white ground with
gray stripes. On the left arm, embroidered
in gray silk. is his The stiff
white collar Ia so soon to he taken on that
IL need be merely the kind that he always
wears. His tie is Of mauve. His large
square handkerchiets-he must have two
are marked with pale mauve borders.
Usually men wear a mixed coat from some
other suit with white trousers. however
many clothes they may have, as this has
long been thought the best style. II is
also regarded this yea as smart to have
a coat OF white, cut as carefully as II it were
a suit intended for city wear. IL Ia often
double breasted. finished with large white
buttons and heavy braid and partly lined
with silk.
AS an extra detail he should carry on his
arm one Of the new tennis coats. They
fall to the knee and are intended TO be worn
during the games TO avoid cold. They are
white, and like the other coat ornamented
with braid and large buttons. Sometimes
they are made up with a small stripe, but
that has the disadvantage Of looking like
a bathgown az well as not matching 80 well
all the colors that may be worn under the
coat. white cap Is attractive for the courts,
although there is OF course no objection
to a straw hat. Yet his does not recon-
mend itself to a man who Is trying TO be rs
dressy as he can within a limited time.
IF there is time for a motor ride after
the tennis that. OF course. leaves little OPP
p~ortunity to put on anything new, although
another suit Of tweeds with appropriate
color combinations in tie. shirt. socks and
handkerchief may be shown. II there Is to
be four-in-hand driving. however. there are
ample opportunities for the most ambitious
dresser to show his skill.
% course such four-in-hand driving ia
much less formal than that in town, Men
may even wear a straw hat and be in form.
although l you'd always prefer TO see "A
pearl graz derby with q black band, while
the driver ought to wear a white felt high hat
with a band even in the country to give the
coach its proper distinction.
The maj who goes to a house where
he knows there is going TO be four-in-hand
driving ought to carry with him in these
days a gray cutaway or morning coat, the
coat having only two buttons and being
very much cut away at the waist line. The
tails are OF medium length. h waistcoat.
which is cut higher than the coat. has an
insert OF white duck. The coat il braided
in gray silk, rather broad for the somewhat
sporty wear Of coaching. The trousers are
made OF the same material and have a line
a braid down the outer edge. h suit is
intended only for coaching. as braid on the
trousers would under any other circum-
stances be out Of the question. With this
suit a white derby with a black a 10 the
most appropriate headgear. although a
straw hat may he worn. The gloves are OF
biscuit colored dogskin, and the shirt has
thin purple stripes which match the purple
silk knotted tie. which is so broad as to fll
almost the whole waistcoat opening. IL Is
tied in the plastron form. and the pin I
should like TO see worn with IL would be
a racing plate of emeralds."
In the opinion OF the authority who was