Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-25
Dark Colors Lead In
Style Parades Where
Men Are Well Dressed

The mood of the autumnal season
reflects itself in the choice in mems
clothes for fall, 1927. To state
badly that grays, browns and blacks
will be the fall choices in clothes
would be as erroneous statement
as to indicate that autumn is a
cold, dreary season.
True, the woolens are more sub
dued in shade and tone than are the
gay, multi-colored fabrics of spring,
out like the fall season, this years
woolens are rich in their tintS and
sIladings of gray, brown and black.
The materials delight the eye with
their wealth of warm. stripings and
ruddy glows NO lnonotonous pat
terms are these with their stripes,
quite bold, or treated with restraint.
Their golden tintS, too, are very
handsome as they appear in the
various setting of herringbone de-
signs, basket weaves, step downs, over
plaids and novelty effects.
Watch the University Man
In keeping with the trend that is
prevalent throughout the country,
style and fashion experts, first OF all,
take consideration Of the university
man and his vast numper Of adj
herents. Like a suddenly apparent
comet, the influence of university
dress has made itself felt iii dress
circles. Not collegiate" and its ac-
companying distasteful associations,
but university dress" is our consid-
Grafton.
For the pendulum has swung back
from the garish and freakish styles
which were always connected with
undergraduate dress to a smart, trim
street, although in a different tenor.
For fall, 1927, the university man
VIII continue to wear the three
button sack jacket, seven=buttoa vest
and full hanging trousers, for which
ensemble he is justly famed. At
Princeton there are manifestations
of a decided nature toward the two
button jacket, but though Princeton
is conceded the honor of the original
style center from which university
style dictates emanate, the rest OF
the country will continue to wear the
three button sack
Leaders in clothes decisions frown
upon the four-button suit, despite the
efforts of certain manufacturers to
push it.
College Influences
This popular three-button model
has not only influenced correct un-
dergraduates, but smart business men,
bankers professional men too-in
short young men throughout the ma
ton have taken to the three button
suit in earnest, and 1t Is safe bet
tc prophesy its continued reign for
fall.
Those men distinctly apart from
this influence will favor more form
tracing garments. In this class is
the two-button, body-fitting jacket
with a definite take-in at the hips,
fitting snugly at the bottom.
This variety of jacket has peaked
lapels in most cases and many have
double-breasted vest. Another two
button suit coat is less snug and
has notched lapeIs. All WaiStcoats
have six buttons when single breasted,
Black Will BE Strong
Next to the variations Of browns
and grays comes oxford gray in
popularity y-and breasting that, black.
The colors, however, must not be
associated with the ordinary drabnesS
that such shades suggest.
The ordinary oxford gray is made
most attractive through the use of
blue, green and even red stripingS,
while the black is dependent upon
clever weavings for it's attractiveness.
Authorities inform us that the ten,
dancU ic tnward 11navv chaOOv fah.,
RIGS that have a distinct Scotch
essence.
Cheviots, cassimeres and tweeds
together with novelty twists, con-
tirue to be good, while worsteds
should have banner year all around.
since even university men are taking
to them like the pIoverbial ducks
to water. Clear faced worsted and
Worsted cheviots with enlivening
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