The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-16
RAGLAN and
DRAPE COATS
Are POPULAR
Double Breasted Suits Also
in Favor for Mems
Wear

The function of properly tai
lored good clothes is to bring out
your worthwhile points and con-
ceal your bad ones to please
the eye of the peholder with
smooth, graceful lines and skill
fully blended colors to instil
in you feeling of confidence and
well-being, of pleasure and salts
faction.
That may seem like asking a
lot of suit of clothes or n top
coat, but the clothes this season
come closer to approaching this
ideal than ever before. First and
foremost they're designed for
variability. That is, they discard
all false impressions, they're nat
ural. That may seem like a par
adoXical statement in view of our
very first sentence. However,,
clothes can be natural and at the
same time can conceal defets
while playing up good points.
THE WEARABLE DRAPE SUIT
You may have worn a drape
suit three, four, even five or six
years ago. Fundamentally, there's
nothing new about the model. The
newnesS comes in the way it has
been designed to overcome its
early shortcomings. Only because
the drape is basically sound
style has it refused to disappear
from the style scene.
Today, every tailoring house i'll
the country is featuring drape
suits, and what's more, the drape
trend has been carried over into
the topcoat field. But. first for
the suits. You may not be sure
just what is meant by drape
suit. You can always identify this
style by the ripples Of casual full
ness in the chest and at the sleeve
head. Then, if you look closely
you'll see other differences APP
pear.
You'll see broad, but not exag-
gerated shoulders, lowered col
lar line that provides perfection
of fit at shoulders and back,
gracefully tapered sleeves, slight
ly lowered opening at the front
of the vest, wider lapels, lower
waistline, lower pockets, high rise
pleated trousers. This suit gives
a decidedly masculine impression,
vet it is tailored with slender,
graceful lines. Although we have
lust described the double breast
ed drape rather thoroughly, the
single breasted version Of this
model is proving equally success
NEW FALL SUIT MODELS
So much attention has been TO-
cused on the drape model and on
new fabric developments it is not
surprising to find few radical
changes in other suit models.
Quite few men, men who have
worn the drape, or who intend to
have other suits in addition to it,
have turned their attention to the
peak-lapel single breasted models
for Fall.
It's a suit that is typically Eng
lish, a suit that you'll see on nine
out of every ten Englishmen. At
one time the two-button single
breasted peak-lapel model enjoy
ed some popularity in this coun-
try. That popularity is returning.
Two and three button single
breasted suits with notch lapels
have always been present to. a
lesser degree. This Fall the num-
Der of men wearing them increas-
es noticeably. These suits have
been reStyled to conform with the
natural trend of the drape model
and they have taken to the trend
exceptionally well. Especially has
the three button jacket been styl-
ed to the point where it bears not
the slightest resemblance o the
college jacket you once may have
known.