The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-05
What's in Fashion?
Easy-Fitting Clothes for Men
: Directed By AMOS PARRISH-

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-There's
L Y plenty of good news for men
this spring. Mems clothes cost is
lower than it's been in more years
than lots of men can recall.
And that's the clinch to the mat
ter of wearing more different
clothes. Fewer man can raise the
point about expense to defend a
lack of variety in what they wear.
When you get the weight of the
fact that a man can today buy two
suits for what he likely paid for one
less than three years ago, you can
see how much more comfortable,
how much more presentable man
can be this spring.
Price Down; Design Up
And clothes design has gone up
just as surely as price has gone
down. That goes for all the things
a man wearS-from suits to socks.
You'll see easier-fitting suits this
spring. Natural shoulder lines and
a waistline trim but not tight.
And, naturally, there1l be heavier
demand for single-breasted suits,
with the swing of the seaSon-cycle
toward summer.
The perfect plan is to pick both a
single and double breasted suit. for
variety and occasions (the double
breasted coat will be regulation with
plannelS, little later.
Fabrics Are Simple
Wooden weavers stick pretty close
to plain but looking fabrics.
That's right, too, for nowadays a
man can get all the color he wants
in the accessories he wears.
So the suit in best taste is the
solid color weave or the one with
small, all-over design.
You'll see how these fabrics look
when you pick up your gray suit
for spring. And while it's likely to
be medium dark, lighter-weight
gray, you'll note the interesting
small patternS-in clearinghouse and
sharkskin effects.
GrayS in Lead
Gray leads, of course, in the COL
or lineup. It's not only tradition
that keeps it first, year in and out.
It's because there are more light
complexioned men in the country
than other types.
And brown, the second in line,
holds its place this spring for
darker types, with a whole color
scale of shades that make it easy
to pick the exact best one.
We're seeing more and more men
wearing their hats with the brims
up. Most hats nowadays are versa
tile enough to take whatever brim-
shape you choose. And light gray
hats, lighter brown hats, and dark
gray hats run, one, two and three,
in demand.
Stripe Shirts Good
A big news item is in shirts
we're seeing almost as many stripe
shirts in a day as we used to see in
week, Thin stripes, narrowly
placed. But good to see, with the
easier-lo looking, lighter-weight suits.
And the collar on those collar
attached shirts you rate first choice
They're showing themselves a
trifle shorter and Squarer at the
tips, this spring.
That leads right into ties-and
you're in clover-if you like color.
You get the brilliance here your
suit fabric lacks. Clusters. Bar
stripes. Inch stripes in three bright
colors. Wire-thin stripes. If it's
color you want, you'll get it in the
neck this spring.
Stripes in socks, too. But not
so marked, of course, and princi-
pally in the smart clocks that new
est socks carry.
It's great year for men to do
things by two'S or three's. With
clothes costs down, and warm,
cheering colors everywhere, 1882 has
made a good start toward helping
a mans spirits bloom.
Copyright. 1882. by Amos Parrish)