The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-20
OPINIONS ON NEW STYLES FOR MEN Shirts Made of Crepe de Chine of Swansdown NEW DRESS COLLAR Fancy Golf Coat Worn by King of Spain-Monograms Are Much in
 Demand-The Desire for
 Originality

From Vogue
 In the shops on those narrow byways
 adjoining Bond street. where may be found the successful outfitter of the man
 about town-Clifford street. Conduit
 street, Saville Row-one hears very def
 mite opinions about new styles. in which
 there is to be curious mixture of dandy ism and "sportsmanism."
 For instance. one of our best known hosiers ia offering some exceptional shirts.
 The are made of the most deli catt de chine of swansdown tex tuIc. are built on rather slender
 lines, ~ cut all the way up the front so that they can be put on like a coat, and
 have white linen cuffs attached The fab ric is woven in many shades. and those patrons who wish to be original order a length In certain shades which may not
 be duplicated. One of these special de-
 signs in a biscuit tint striped with Sake
 blue was made for a foreign prince who
 spends the greater part of the year in
 England. He is a man If many names, and his initials were embroidered in blue silk on the left hand sleeve. just above
 the cuff--a curious congomeraton of
 twists and turns. Another special design
 was white crepe de chine striped with bronze and mauve, and yet another was a
 pale cream crepe with a green line. against which was delicate shadow of
 old gold silk.
 The soft front evening shirt, which the Master Hosier indignantly described as a
 .'nightshirt," is now quite out of date in
 London, if, indeed, it was ever in, and
 the correct thing is the stiff front dress
 shirt made of plain linen or pique with one button hole for the stud.
 For the whole year the fashionable dress collar in London has been the wing shape
 with rounded points, but the design has not been in favor with the best hosiers, however their clients may have fancied it,
 and they consider the best dress collar for the coming season to be stand up all the way round, with fronts neatly over tapping a fraction of an inch.
 A great novelty is the sporting collar.
 Last year the majority of sportsmen wore double linen collars, very low and wide, but this year the collar must be of soft crede dc chine. considerably higher and stiffened just at the front on each side with a small piece of whalebone, which does away with the necessity of a
 safety pin to hold the points neatly under the tie.
 The desire to be original is everywhere evident This particular hosier does not sell his ties indscriminately. His GUS toners order a piece of silk to be woven and fto'n tl.is he alone has the right to have his ties cur. Any odd bits that are loft over are cunningly shaped into little pocketbooks to hold visiting cards, papers or even cigarettes.
 Monograms or full names worked on travelling rugs are much In demand. One very smart monogram was made for the
 oldest son of noble family on a rug of vicuna that was royal blue on one side and beech leaf green on the other At one corner this beech green was woven through in diamond shaped panel. and
 In this, In blue, the young lords initials surmounted by a coronet were embroid- cred.
 One of the best of mems tailors, who
 makes a speciality of coats and sporting
 clothes, keeps several weavers in Scot land busy making nothing but specia coats that may not be duplicated fol patrons who desire this exclusiveness Blanket coats are perhaps no novelty but those sold at this house are indeed
 marvels of tailoring; roll of their blan-