Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-30
Dealers Present Styles OF
Clothing for Man Who Wants
to Be in Swim.
INDICATION is GIVEN
OF A WAVE OF BROWN
Nothing Extreme in Style or Cut,
Weave or Design-Talk
on Fashions.

Tailors and readymade clothing mer-
chants of the city are stocking up for
the man who wants to be "in the
SWIM" and early indications point to
wave of brown for the fall of 1915
There is. however, nothing extreme in
either style of cut. weave or design.
and the European war, which had so
much of an effect upon the clothes of
the women in the spring of this year,
has left little impression upon the de-
signers of mems clothing.
Although there seems to be no hard
and fast line to which mems suits and
overcoats will adhere this season, there
are, of course, certain styles which will
set the mode in the better shops, and
which the men. especially the young
men, will buy. In general it may be
said that the tendencies of the past
few seasons will be kept, with few
notifications.
The merchants of the city are stock
ing up with browns for their autumn
suitings and suits. Browns in all
shades and shades of shades are ex-
pected to be very popular. Grays will
hold their own well, it seems, and
pialds Will be popular.
Solf clothes IN STOCK.
Golf clothes are being placed in stock
by number of merchants, who declare
that the game of golf is coming into
its own as a popular sport, and in con-
sequence they are having quite a num-
Der of calls for the proper sort of toys
TO wear on the links. So golf clothes
knickerbockers and all, in knitted wear
and tweels, will greet the buyer at
more than one local store when the
brown leaves begin TO fiutter.
Sack coats for the coming season
Will close with two or three buttons,
and will be slightly longer than they
were for spring" declares an F. street
tailor. who has taken more than one
gold medal for his suits and overcoatS.
THE extreme change from the spring
coat viii take place in the lapelS,' he
continued. The fall and winter coats
will have a much narrower lapel. The
gorge for fall fashion will be some
what lower than the spring style. The
side seams will be shapely, but not
military. The shoulders are still nat
ural. but little wider than for spring,
and there will be no padding"
Longer Coats-and Pads.
Tailors and merchants throughout the
city seemed agreed that this fall the
coats. except for the very young and
very extreme man, will be longer. 1t is.
even whispered on the side-let the
skinny man take heed-that before
many more years have run the gamut
of the seasons the padded coat, in all its
giory-and pads-will be with us once
more. But the tailors do not like TO
speak of this, So
THE double breasted sack will be made
after the same general lines as the sin
Sle-breasted sack, the F street tailor
declared, land will close with two but
tons. II will be popular with tall and
slender men, and with wanderlusterS
who do not care to wear an overcoat.
The double breasted frock coat will
hold its own with a certain class Of men
who would not look well N any other
style. and who. indeed. could hardly find
another coat more TO their purposes. The
cutaway coat has taken the place OF the
double breasted frock in the affections
Of almost all young men for all after
noon occasions. This coat this fall will
close with two buttons and be extremely
cEtaway from the lower button. Braid
in:. on the edges will be used almost uni
Versally, but when a customer does not
care for braid the edges VIII be blind
stitched.
1.-THE dress coat will be very close-fit-
ling. with three buttons on either side.
with the coat opening about two inches.
showing a white waistcoat. But since
the waistcoat and the coat will be of
he same length. we shall see no more the
spectacle Of vest sticking out under
a
The dinner coat or tuxedo, con-
Guided the merchant, will close with
one button or a link with the edges
lust meeting. The lapels on this coat
will be somewhat smaller than last
year and Will be very popular
Vests of Lower Cut.
1t is interesting to note that vests
this season are TO be lower cut. Naive
taiIors explain this fact by gently
limiting that vests. as well as clothes
in general have to run in cycles and
That since vests have gone about as
high as they can, il is now time for
them to begin 4 mastery retreat down
he manly chest. They also declare
that scarfs this fall and winter are to
lie much larger than hitherto so the
vests mus: be lower to allow the
scarfs to be seen in their full splendor.
Trousers are 10 be narrow. as in the
young man trousers are 10 be shorter,
TOO. to allow gray spats to delight the
sense of beauty OF the girls. who all
ways note such things, don't you
know old top. But for the great ma
iority of men. even young men, trou-
sers will remain about the same
length as usual, just about the length
Of ones leg, more or less.
Patch pockets. it is said, are now
running fifty-hfty with all other
brands of pockets and seem to be here
TO stay.
Nothing Startling in overcoats.
When ii comes to oyercoats nothing
especially startling is to be feared of
the coming season. The raglan" is
hopelessly gone. merchants declare. For