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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17809, 7 July 1923, Page 5

Apparently the wearing of neckcloth, says wie • Aiaucnesier (juardian," produced a tendency among • dandies to swailier tnemseives all over as tightly as possible. Could any lorm of dress be more uncomrortaole than that worn by sir Algernon West (as he relates) in the eariy hftiesp "irousers . . . buttoned under the foot with broad straps; a coat so high in the collar that the back of the ji m t rested on it. Indeed, every hat had a crescent of cloth on the back of the brim to prevent the rubbing of the beaver of which the hat was made. . . . The scarf, never folded less than twice round the neck, bulged out from a double-breasted waistcoat, and was ornamented with two pins joined with a gold chain. In the evening he wore a blue coat with tight sleeves, a waistcoat of flowered or brocaded silk, and black trousers fastened by straps under patent leather pumps. ... A folding 'chapeau bras' was always carried under the arm; for nobody but an apothecarv or a solicitor would have dreamt of leaving his hat in the hall of the house where h 6 was calling or dining.