POORLY DRESSED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 235, 3 October 1936, Page 19

POORLY DRESSED.

TAILOR'S VIEW OF ENGLAND. "WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED:" ■ England's reputation for tailoring ,is a myth, according to Mr! Maurice Davis, a prominent Melbourne tailor, who passed through Auckland yesterday 011 his return from, a visit to Gfeat-' Btit&in." "Well-dressed men in England are few and far he said. - "Outside.' the cities fchcyv.are'.not well dressed, .gjjid; inside the majority of-suits one sees'oll the men are just ordinary. Xew Zealand and Australia can't learn anything from styles • abroad, as far aS tailoring is concerned. In regard to..fit" we are certainly in advance. •, Referring then, to w'liat "the welldressed men would-be wearing this season," Mr. Davis Said that the new. materials for men all showed a tendency, towards more'*-colour. Various shades of brown would "tie the fashion this year,, and they would be made up witjptwooutton coats. • ' ."The old morning coat has entirely disappeared from the City.," he said. "Nowadays t]ie frock coat is 'extinct. Formal mornifig jdress is used ' only f6r State functions, and the city .man wears instead a black lounge coat ,ahd ; ,vest>with striped trousers. The high beayer hat, too, s li'as disappeared. *In its use now it is a worn, only by bank messengers and the like."