Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-12

of modelling and n nearer approach t.
tae lines that marked Men s Clothing OF
several years. ago viii feature the
Spring and Summer displays this year
Conditions in the clothing industry
are more settled than they have been
since 1914. Factories are running q.
top speed, wherever there are orders
for merchandise and there hasn't been
the hnrryw orrv OF other years. As q
result clothes have been made much
hotter; fabrics have improved and
more attention has been paid TO style.
Like hundreds of other industries
the clothing game is gradually getting
hack to normalcy. The last two years
have been hard ones for almost every
one concerned and the showing finan-
cially has been decidedly poor COM
pared with the figures of the previous
four years when good clothes were hard
4. otJ.ain.
Better Clothes Made Today
While there has been n trend 10
s,mplificat:on, there has been some
style notifications, all tending to give
r,en better ready-for service Clothes.
Never before in the history of the busi-
ness have such Clothes approached
the custom-tailored variety SO close
Iy. And as q result more men than
ever are wearing fbought" Clothes
just because the makers have removed
all restrictions as TO fit, etc.
Fanciful ideas of recent years are
almost entirely discarded. OF course
some makers will continue to make
freak models, but they are so far in
the minority as to be almost negligi
Dle in their effect on present day
style There is the more conventional
note in Spring plothcs-both suits and
yopcoats-a note that is more in har-
uiony with the exacting tastes of good
dressers.
Trend to Conservatism
As in other years Young men viii
wear something that is not on the
regular bill7of-fare, but such Clothes
will be only 0 passing vogue. Even
the "radicals' are coming down 10
earth and predictions are being made
that III few years the wild ideas in
Clothes making will be entirely dis
earded.
About the only thing that viii be
out Of the Ordinary is the four-buttOn
sack or semi-fitted coat. The lapel of
this model is narrower than last sea
son and the top button is made use
full instead of being an ornament. The
front on this coat is soft, with very
little padding, so that when the top
IS buttoned the coat shapes itself TO
the movements of the wearer.
Another extreme idea which really
had its inception >ast Fall, but prob
ably win be the vogue among a GER
tain class of the dressers this Spring,
~ the full trousers. BY that We mean
trousers that are shaped in equal full
ness at the knees and bottom. Nor
lnaliy there is three-inch discrep-
aney at the bottom. This style fol
lows the English idea TO large extent.
Double Breasted Popular
The single and double breasted
STYLES will eontinue in popular de-
mand, with the former dominating
the field The doubleDreasted styles,
however, have increased with each
wear, because the makers have put
more style into them and have dis
carded the idea of making man Is
clothes look like n sack as in seasons
past.
As rule the coats for. young men
viii continue to show the full-ehested
effects, bnt not quite as pronounced
az in other years. While the skirts
of the coats win be fairly long the
flare has been discarded almost alto
gether at least it would be as per
ceptible as in other years.
Belted styles viii be in popular
favor with the wearers of sport
clothes. Half and three-qnariers belts
VIII win the greatest vote, while the
apring preats, raueh like those worn il
golf suits, viii have the call. There
ore various STYLES TO these. Such
clothes will be worn a great deal more
in the Summer than in the Spring.
Patch Pockets Win Favor
Patch and plain pockets are to be
favored, while the crescent shape
pockets are taking back seat in the
call again and il win be single-breasted
They viii be very little in the style
parade.
The collarless vest win have the
way Of trimmings except in the sport
ur novelty suits.
Among the best patterns are those
with stripes, but for business and gen.