Evening star., 1924-10-29
FASHION CIRCLES GLADLY GREET
''BEST- DRESSED MAN OF EUROPE''
Jean Patou of Paris Ex.
pected to Settle Veaing
Problems.
Issue arises Orer Just
What + Street Stroller
Shall Wear.

| anxiety among the young men and
| women of Washington over the most
perpleXing problem of just what the
| faStidiUus + street Strollers should
! wear, with Winter coming on and
! everything, comes to town none other
than that noted fashion dictator and
couturier Jean Patou of Paris the best
| dressed man in Europe.
Almost Immediately the surge Of
! unrest and indecision that has been
| causing all kinds of turmoil along
tho style boulevards Of the National
| Capital quieted down into peaceful
| desuetude The conHoisseur and high
| muck-a-muck Of all that is proper
| and ultra ultra i'll dress had COM
| pletely mastered the distressing stu
! alton.
News JOyOusly Received.
And as the word of the great Patou's
| arrival spread joyously into the
| gathering places and haunts of those
J who would be all that one should be,
! sartorially, dealers in secondhand
! clothing rubbed their hands in glec-
! full contemplation of the result. The
I outlook in the cast-off apparel field,
| it is reported, is unusually promising.
NJ Patou'S flying visit to America
! SO far has been a regrettable success
sion of shocks to his Sartorial senses.
! Through n young woman interpreter,
| at his elaborate suite in the New Will
/ lard today, the millionaire Frenchman
! laid bare his grievances to a reporter
! for The Star just before he went TO
! the White House to present q collection
of Lafayette papers to President Cool
! idge.
Indifference Shocks Him.
! Msieu has not fully recovered
! from the brazen Indifference manifest
ed by men of America in the matter
| of clothes. Patou believes that a man
! should have suit for every occasion,
! and that he should wear nothing but
! what is proper at the proper time, as
| it were. Consequently. imagine NJ.
| Patou's chagrin upon seeing men in
! golf suits strolling among the after
| noon shopping crowds! OR upon being
| confronted with the spectacle of men
/ in dinner Jackets. which is to say
| smoking jackets. walking the street III
/ light-co,ored oVercoatS and other than
| black hats. True, the reporter was in
! formed, it is proper TO wear a soft hat
! with informal smoking attire. but it
| must positively be black, and black
! only.
! Patou emphasized that he does not
! pretend to be a creator of mems fash
! ions. His life work is in catering 10
wcmen's whims in dress But. the
| hest-dressed man on the continent. this
Tall Sttth HdHuSpiDe I1tdu TuInTti OF
! Paris is undoubtedly the foremost fash
| ion plate of the world, so far as mems
! clothing is concerned.
| Brings Small Assortment OF Suits.
! Because of the brief nature of his visit
{ to Washington, NJ. Patou brought only
60 of his suits, $50 of his shirts and sew
erdl hundred necktieS bundled up in a
dozen wardrobe trunks. He managed
20 make out very well, under the cir
cumstances, although he obviously was
! i'll at ease lest his stay might perforce
be prolonged with no additional changes
Of clothing at hand.
During the interview he wore the only
suitable thing for such an occasion-a
morning coat of black unfinished worst
ed with an appropriate drag in the back
flashy gray trousers of rough, nappy
goods, with 0g-zag etchings running
riot through the weave: black patent
leather shoes, with mauve suede tops
and mother-of-peari buttons: gray.
solid color. waistcoat: semi-soft, turn
down collar with slightly faring tips
gray, figured silk tie, four-in-hand type.
and fine white silk shirt Of soft tex
ture
Outline for Well Dressed Man.
He wore these appurtenances we'll.
if you know what we mean. Monsieur
declares that we'll dressed man mus
De eHllTeiE UNCONSCIOUS lHdl ne mas
clothes on. SO to speak. He defined
a gentleman sheik" as one who is
perfectly a. home in his clothes; who, !
after selecting and putting on what
is proper for the occasion, puts his
I dress out of his mind. 4 woman |
| 'sheik", he went on, does just the op-
posite: thinks. constantly of what she !
is wearing and bears herself accord |
ingly.
jS a
~ sprung, however. and the effect !
is awaited with interest in the home |
circle: The woman must, most en- |
phatically, wear nothing that is not
/ in absolute conformity with the at
tire of her male escort.
She must predicate her dress on
what her husband is going to wear
to any particular function" Patou
asserted with tirmress. IF the hus-
band wishes to wear an informal
suit, the wife must never put on an
evening dress or anything equally as
formal. She must wear dress that
does not exceed in formality the suit
which her husband wears.
The tendency nowadays. he said, |
was for men to wear semi-forIn al !
clothes to the cinema of an evening.
especially on the occasion of special
attractions and first run features. |
This tendency, he added, is looking
with disfavor upon the general loose |
ness in mems dress, now so apparent
in America.
Soft Collars Overdone, He Says.
Soft collars are being greatly over
done, it was pointed out. So are ILL
fitting coats and trousers. The So
called collegiate" suits being affect
ed by certain of our young men in
university circles are evidently rather
i: - Dat nj cd
shirts are chic, il one remembers to
allow the color selected to agree with
ones complexion. A brunette never
should wear pink shirt, he explain
ed, nor should a blond man wear
blue one, or vice versa. Anyhow,
Patou remarked that it was such lit
tie niceties which determine whether
one is naturally careful or lax in
dress, you understand.
If one would look as if he were
overrun with propriety as is NJ.