The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-16
MUCH COLOR IN MEMS DRESS
AND 4 CHOICE BETWEEN HAIR
MONY AND CONTRAST.
The Spring Fashions as illustrated by Two
IbIVersely Dressed Men-Care Needed
In Choosing Shoes Men Who SpecIals
lie in Dress Good Clothes Cheap.

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lie In Dress Good Clothes Cheap.
Whether contrast or harmony should
prevail in the color scheme OF mans dress
is an important question this summer,
when colors run riot.
Shirts now made to sell,at modest prices
but % tasteful as any turned out by the
best Paris makers are in all the shop win
lows in blues and pinks, pale mauve and
green. There are waistcoatS to match
them, and socks that match these tints are
also cheap and abundant.
1t is almost difficult to avoid color Under
these circumstances it is important to care
fully dressed men to now whether IL is
better form to have their colors match or to
make them striking by contrast. 1t ia
not necessary TO have colors identical II
they match. They need merely be different
shades Of the same color.
Two men sat on the clubhouse piazza
at Belmont Park the other day Offering ex-
cellent examples of these two different
ways of managing color. One wore a
single breasted blue serge with a white
duck dicky inside the waistcoat collar.
He.wore low tan shoes and blue silk socks.
His shirt was of blue Oxford cloth, the
sleeves being finished with turned back,
unstiffened cuffs. His tie was OF dark
blue knit silk and his cuff buttons were
two matrix turquoises. A turquoise sur
rounded by small diamonds was in his
scarf.
His handkerchief was of fine dark blue
linen with an embroidered monogram in
darker blue and white in one corner. The
handkerchief was visible in one OF his
pockets. The straw hat had a blue ribbon
80 dark as to look almost black. He wore
biscuit colored dogskin gloves.
This dress was in a high degree incon-
spicuous, and many think there is no higher
standard for a mans dress.
HE must nave been we'll dressed, y is
the ~favorite answer Of a man whenever
he was questioned concerning another's
appearance. "He certainly must have
been we'll dressed, as | did not notice what
he had on"
1t is doubtful il any attempt at contrasting
colors can ever be as modest as the system
of harmony. Even this rigid adherence
to blues had not made the mans dress
noticeable.
His friend. who had gone in for contrast
as the basis for his mode of dress, had on q
brown sack suit. He knew that purple
and mauve contrast we'll with brown and
that was fortunate for him. His waistcoat
was Of biscuit colored linen with pearl
buttons.
His mauve shirt was pleated and in the
~buttonholes were tiny amethyst buttons
with n pearl in the centre. His tie was OF
roughly knit silk and his handkerchief, 30
much Of it as could be seen at least, was Of
white and mauve stripes.
His silk socks were OF deep purple, of
the color Of his tie. He wore a brown
derby hat and white chamois gloves.
or two men who were dressed about
as well as men could be the one in dark
blue was the quieter and less conspicuous.
That is usually the advantage OF the man
who goes in for harmonies over him who
looks upon contrast as the smarteBt rule
Of dress.
1T is much easier for the man who seeks
contrasts to go astray,' said one OF the
haberdashers on the avenue. than for the
man who clings to the same shade. IL a
man is sensible enough of the effect OF
color TO know that brown goes we'll with
green and mauve. less well with pink and
blue and not al all with red and gray he
may safely indulge his taste for contrasts
Not all of them know that, however,
and we see gray suits with brown ties that
might look very well with green, mauve
or red ties. Then harshly inappropriate
waistcoats may intervene TO jar the color
scheme still more.
Such mistakes are not possible when
one color is taken as the key and tina note
is maintained throughout. If a mar wears
a brown suit and then wears a brown waist
coat and necEtie the probabilities are
that h. will hook in~conspicuous and not
give too much of a shook to ones sense of
color. It's the safer course for the man
who does not give a great deal Of thought to
his dress"
The increase in the prices demanded
by the roremos; haberdashers in Europe
has led a great many men TO specialize in
dress without attaining any very high
standard of good dressing generally. The
usual instinct is to get a we'll fitting suit and
spend most money on the outside gar
ments.
Yet there are men who to-day are salts
fed merely to look decently clothed 80 far
as their woollen garments are concerned
while devoting large sums to other details.
Il have a customer who orders all his
handkerchiefs from n Paris maker" a
tailor told The Sun reporter. and they are
beautiful specimens of their kind. don't
believe one OF them costs less than 81 or s..
That Of course makes them cost him a
tidy sum since he loses the usual lumber
and such handkerchiefs are too fine TO
wear very well. handkerchief are his
specially, however,
He buys ell his clothes ready made.
and is very prudent in his expenditures
on them. Yet he will always indulge HIM
self in handkerchiefs."
There are men whose taste leads them
to indulge e~xtravagantly in other articles
Of dress, One will buy the most expensive
silk socks, although lie will think about
every cent that he spends on other parts
OF his toilet. Another will buy costly shoes
and another may concentrate all his interest
on dress in his shirts.
The consequence is that such a man 10
rarely well dressed THE Sun reporter
was told by a haberdasher. They neglect
their dress as a whole for these particular
features.
The rest Of the world notices that they