Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-26
new STYLES FROM LONDON
TIPS ON MEMS CLOTHES FROM
ACROSS THE SEA.
Green-Brown Combination Still in
Strong Favor-Walking Sticks
and Their Shape.
London Cor. Haberdasher.

London Cor. Haberdasher.
Along with the decided streakiness of
London fashion this spring came the taste
for green and brown as a combination.
which Is likely to do more for the perma-
hence of the former color than anything
else that could have happened. Men are
never going to wear green suits. hats and
other fltments for long at a stretch. Tran
sient as brown suits generally are, green
ones are more so; green Is not one Of the
natural colors to make clothes of, though
1t was the color of the first one-garment
outfits on record. Even SO. suspect that
Adam pretty soon began to feel that there
is something not quite regular about an
all-green suit. Autumn tints must have
come as a relief.
Nut brown with green to help it out
there you have a combination that hits
good taste and the note of fashion at one
shot! The brown suit with the green tie,
perhaps a fancy waistcoat with some
green in 1t. and properly chosen green
for the socks worn with the increasingly
prevalent oxford Qow) shoe, make a
lounge outfit that fashion has declared.
for the moment, to be nothing else than
lit" Green away from brown and brown
away from green are on the decline. Who
ever wants to strike the correct style
must go in for both. The green suit with
seen; but 1t shows up here and there, a
legitimate. II declining. manifestation of
the modish color-note, and is not half bad.
Green gloves-buck or doeskin of an elu
sive, widowed looking tint-enter into the
scheme things They are expensive,
and the West End has them to itself. The
West End likes this. 1t always likes to
keep the other parts of London at bay.
Have you noticed that London Is Lon
dom nowadays; no longer town"
Town" is vulgar. Lady Grove says so
In her book, and II she isn't a judge of
vulgar snobbishness 1 should like to know
who is. But it is true that people don't
talk about town" any more)
One effect of the brown-green boom is
that brown shoes have to be brown really
this season. The pale yellow ones. the
color Of rather aggressive butter. are not
allowed any more. Now this is all for the
good. The real brown of real brown
leather Is a delightful hue. Also If you
wear brown gloves (Which there Is a
splendid chance to do; and the green ones
are horrid things. anyway the brown
who dresses with any taste nowadays has
to be pretty careful in his selections. and
this is extremely good for trade. AT least
the chance of making an occasional slip
Is good for trade. A man buys a thing
that isn't the right tone and having tried
1t on. gives 1t to his valet or fires 1t out Of
a window II he hasn't got valet to
supply the place of a window. Thus there
Is created the necessity to what you call
in America hike out and buy afresh.
Tie, Gloves and Socks.
The tie. gloves. socks and waistcoat
must not have conflicting tones in them.
Where green gloves are worn, the color
of them must repeat some strand Of the
material used in the waistcoat. tie is
long way from a sock: but all the same
1t would be horrid to wear an olive green
one with myrtle socks. A suit that has
mixed yarns In 1t. as all suits have. will
always give an opportunity of matching
a tie to one Of the colors in it. when I
say tie 1 mean. Of course. any sort of
cravat; "tie" doesn't mean any special
shape here.)
Brown sticks are carried. We have be-
gun to use sticks quite good deal again
now. after long period when they have
been rather out Of fashion. The latest
thing-I am not sure whether it is wholly
nevis a stick covered all over with
brown kid leather-a Queer-looking object.
Sticks and umbrellas are all made with
plain. large hook handle, and mounts are
and waistcoats are everywhere the only
style. There was just a threat Of change
a month or two ago: but the double
breasted style has not won out.
Waistcoats are not cut away so sharply
below the last button, and will be less so.
There have been some with the ends con-
tinued straight down and square cornered.
a style borrowed from certain fleecy knit
ted waistcoats of a couple Of winters ago.
But I do not think the general fashion
will go so far as this. In evening waist
coats the fashion is to have all the but
| tons (there may be either three or four
punched together in the top two-thirds Of
the front, the rest being plain. This is
note that should be noted.
Knitted waistcoats in fine spun silk are
a summer article. and difficulty about
| the knitted waistcoat has been overcome.
Hitherto 1t has not been any easy matter
| to get these except by choosing one ready
made and having the back altered as
much as may be. to secure some sort Of
At, OF course. this is long way from be-
! ing satisfactory to fastidious London. II
| the foreparts are not right no amount
| OF alteration in the hindpart Of the gar
ment will altogether mend matters. and
| men abe not made to standard pattern
| But now you can get your measure taken
and have q waistcoat knitted to order. Also
there are going to be waistcoats next win
ter that will be made on canvas by hand
with a needle and wool. The tailor will
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