Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-29
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Mems Wedding Attire

black. The material should be broad
cloth. Also. to be absolutely smart. the
entire coat should be edged with an eN-
tremely rich quality of heavy silk braid.
Opinions differ to what is smartest
when IL comes to trousers. Many there
are who have them made of the same ma
terial as the coat-in other words, wear
an entire suit made from one piece 9th
ers, however. favor the conventionally
striped odd trousers of the shade COM
monty known as lavender" The haber-
dashers and tailors themselves differ on
the question, hence IL resolves itself pure
ly into question of taste
Whatever the decision. though. the
trousers should be conservative of cut.
OF moderate width at the knee. and per-
haps sixteen and a half inches at the
bottom. Not by any manner Of means
should they be peg-tcpped, but at the
same time they should veer slightly in
That direction instead of toward the tight
hitting English breeches Again, instead
OF being rather short, as is the case with
tne trousers one wears every day and
even with evening clothes, they should be
iull length. Under no circumstances
should they be turned up.
Seiectlon or footwear for the morning
wedding wardrobe might seem simple
enough. but in reality it is extremely
easy 10 De quite properly dressed in all
o1her particulars and Yet improperly
shod. For instance, 1t might be supposed
enal practically any pair of patent leath-
er low shoes. or even of highly polished
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Sucn is not the case. II one wears low
shoes they should be of patent leather
only and should be absolutely plain The
usual embellishments placed on oxfords.
particularly across the vamp should be-
taboo. Also the shoes should be mod
erately pointed OF toe. reasonably but not
extremely low OF heel. and very. very
thin as to sole
AS matter of fact. low shoes while
undeniably more comfortable. are really
not as smart as high ones. The smartest
iootgear Tor the purpose concerned Is a
high shoe of the button variety. patent
leather, with uppers Of silk.
Then there are two other little details
apparently minor. Yet essential that
must also be looked after The first OF
these is gloves. Now from a standpoint
gloves should be worn, particularly at a
function in mid-June. But fashion says
they must, and the decree must be obey
ed. The gloves may be % almost any
material the wearer desires. but they
must be gray. One may wear gray kid.
gray silk, gray cotton. gray Isle. or even
gray chamois. but from the color there
can be no deviation.
very thin glove of silk Isle probably
will be found to be the most comfortable.
gloves are notably inexpensive. They
may be purchased in any number ~
shops for 30 or a. cents a pair. and one
mems shop has them for - cents. They
are washable, too. which makes them
still more economical
The other apparently trivial essential
of ones attire is a cane. The man who
attends a morning wedding. or an aft
ernoon one. for that matter, with
out a cane might almost as well 20
wearing a collar but no tie. Probably
he will go both to and from the church
In carriage or motor car. and once
inside the church the stick may be rather
in his way hut he must have il just
the same. Preferably. too the stick
should be light. both in weight and color.
Malacca is generally considered the
smartest- malacca with a small, straight
silver knob for a handle.
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So much for ones garb at a morning
wedding. That At an afternoon function
must be different in several particulars.
the top hat. the high collar. the
ascot tie. the gloves and footgear are
practically the same.
When one gets 70 the coat however.
there is radica! change. The cutaWay
would be hopeless out Of place at the
afternoon function. At the latter one
must wear a frock coat or. TO use the
more common term, q Prince Albert
Here again the English lines are followed
as to style, a custom that has become
only within the past few
months. Heretofore the American frock
coat has been a thing unto itself with
well padded shoulders. grace
Full but not extreme fitting waist, pad
dock back and rather full faring skirts.
rhe coat on the whole usually made its
Tearer seem TO have larger and better
nodded stature than that which he really
The new frock coat is totally different
There is no padding i'm the shoulders the
skirts are shorter and while they flare
Is much IL not more, than the old style,
ihoulders to the waist the coat Is abso-
utely form fitting The entire garment.
instead of being devised to make one
,eem larger, is built to give an appear
lnce Of marked slenderness.
There Is no choice as to color with the
rock coat Prince Alberts are to be had
II course, in all manner of materials and
n all the colors of the rainbow Ii IS
wen possible to get one built of the pre-
falling checks" But for the wedding
he garment must be OF broadcloth, and
t must be dead black. Also, barring a
ut Of satin on the lapels. il must be Sc
'erely plain. Nowadays we are wearing
raid trimmings on our cutaways and
'ur evening clothes. and all manner OF ,
loyelty decorations on our everyday
uits, but our frock coat must be as quiet
g the garb Of a nun.
With the frock coat must go a white
est, pure white preferably. although a
elief of tiny Towering is allowable. And
his vest, too, must be cut high at the
eek, though not quite so high as that
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