The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-08
BY 6EAUNASH.

nize that there cannot in reason Re
only one correct style. but that the
correct style for each individual is that
which makes the most and best of
his personality. Thus, the abnormali-
ties and absurdities of ultra modish-
ness have been its own undoing and
the armchair arbiter' of fashion has
been laughed out.
If the everyday man could meet the
So called "best-dressed mem of So
ciety In the flesh, he would be as
tonished a. their seeming lack Of any
well-detined clothes characteristic to
set them apart from the multitude.
They are SO perfectly dressed that
they look simply well dressed Thelr
nress blends with and "nelts into i
their personality, SO that it becomes
part and parcel OF it-so thar no sim
gle essential or detail is over-em-
phasized--So that the clothes consti-
tute in effect. a harmonious frame
for the man who wears them.
Bringing Out Personality.
After all is said and written. style
IS only reflex of mans indiyid-
uality. 1t springs as much from how
your clothes are worn as from what
clothes you wear. It means suiting
the dress to the man-never suiting
the man 10 the dress. Il means bring
ing out your personality through The
color, cloth and cut that become you
ana not smotherlng your personality
through the e9ler, cloth and cut that
would become somebody else In
self,
Study coors and effects with regard
TO your own individuality just rs you
would study coiors and effects with
regard TO the individuality of q room
a yFNi Fftyfr, orb y
stick to simplicity. Keep in mind sFe
stature OF the man, as you would
keep in mind rhe size OF room. There
are SOME collars which are always dan
gerous-red and yellow. for example,
in scarfs. There are other colors
which are always safe--bue and
gray, for example. in suits.
Exit the Opera Hat.
TWO things long ago passed into the
limbo of forgotten fashions--gray
Tuxedo waistcoats and opera hats. In
stead of the gray waistcoat, one now
wears silk waistcost of black and
white, plain or ornate. Instead of ths
opera hat. with its drolI Jack in-the-
box effect, the silk hat. endeared by
custom and kallowed by tradition, is
the only correct head covering for
formal evening wear.
Both OF these changes. which are
quite familiar TO men who follow the
fashions of the day. eXetnplify the re-
turn to greater formaIity IN evening
dress. For time We We're threatened
with an evolution, or a revolution.
whichever you choose to call IT,
Evening clothes and their details be
gan TO take on more Vividness ard
variety. But, as has always been the
upshot of this restless craving for
change. the inevitable rebound came,
and today evening dress is Just as
restrained IN color, cut and cloth az
it ever was Tailors and clothiers ara
gradually tightening the tit Of the gar
ments and making them more form
clinging. but, aside from that, the old
simplicity remains
Re-Enter the Poke Collar.
The revival of the poke collar has
been traced IN these columns. WhliG,-
to DO sure, this form had never really
lost caste, the many novel shapes
of the wings" had made measurable
inroads on its vogue or late a new
poke has sweeping points that thrust
themselves far forward from the neck
1T is. Of course, an extreme style not
suited to every face and neck. but
capitaily suited 10 those 10 whom it
Is at all becoming.
Scoffers at fashion are fond of tilt.
ing their lances against its supposed
absurdities. quite disregarding me fac,
tnat the absurdity more often lies in
adopting mode that, while il may
beilt others, does not beft the adoDte-
loi IT, Ihere is not and never can
pc such thing as "a fashion for all
style must be governed by the con
sideration Of hecomiagness 10 Tho in
afNldnat. II he ia not suited Ia il
and il Is not suited To him. tho we'll
dressed man rejects 1t, because it does
not make the most and best Of his
personality
The "Fly-Front" Waistcoat.
Hitherto, day waistcoats have been
made TO button through. notable i'm
novation is a fy-front waistcoat. in
which buttons are hidden and the
watch chain Is slipped through a slit
expressly cut for that purpose. This
EWaistcOat is made from an oNerplai0
fabric, is high cut ana hip curViug
and has lower pockets with broad
flaps
Many men seem unconscious of he
fact that an ill-cut waistcoat d"tr3cts
markedIy from the III OT The shirt anu
the get of the scarf, There is ne G%"
cuse for the pickering of the cioth
between tt1n nutronhuies ana tft'-
crumpling at the bottom which make
SO many waistcoats look mussy. by
having a waistcoat shaped to the swell
OF the chest and below and arehed over
the hips, it can be made to fiji as
smoothly as the bosom of weiscut
shirt In sitting. it helps bit 10 un-
fasten the bottom button OF the
waistcoat thus lesseniEg most of the
tug and strain that cause wrinkiing-
Evering Coat Breast Pockets.
Most "swaIlowtail' evening coats are
now cut with outside breast pockets.
because this pocket has been found 10
he amazingly convenient. Tuckfns'
ones handkerchief into the inside
breast pocket. up the left coat cut
or-agony, AT the base of the hosor1,
between waistcoat and shirt. is aIi
unhandy as II is unsightly. Up the
coat cuff Ia where the Engllshment
slows his handkerchief, but somehow.
this practice is regarded as too
womanish TO commend itself TO many
Americans. The bulge in the coat
front made ny carrying ones hand
kerchief in the outside breast pocket
is no greater than that made by stuff
fing il into the inside breast pocket.
Moreover. the glimpse Of white against
black ia grateful to the eve.
Monogram, Handkerchiefs.
The best-dressed men have dis
tinctiVe monogrom for their evening
handkerchief. usuah. a quaint form
.of lettering with tho initials detached,
instead OF entwined. The same mon