“Trousers Of Future May Fit Anyone*”

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29746, 13 February 1962, Page 22

“Trousers Of Future May Fit Anyone*”

A pair of trousers to fit anyone might be the outcome of advances in fabrics, Mr P. B. Nelson, managing editor of “Tailor and Men's Wear, Australasia,” said in an interview in Christchurch.

Mr Nelson, an American, is touring New Zealand talking to organisations on the art of dressing. He forecast men's clothing that would be water, stain, dirt and crease-proof.

Mr Nelson spoke about what he described as the evolution of men’s fashions. “There have been more changes in men’s fashions than in women's fashions in the last five years," he said Men's dress was now more colourful, and fashion was moving on a happy medium between style and comfort. Faster communications meant New Zealanders need no longer feel behind in the fashions, Mr Nelson said Clothes on sale in Christchurch shops could be worn with confidence anywhere in the world. This had not been so five years ago. Mr Nelson said a welldressed man was one who was appropriately dressed.

His opinions were reflected in his description of his wardrobe.

He said he had light, medium and heavy-weight clothing to match the climate. On forma', occasions—both day and night—he wore black; for business he wore grey, brown or shepherd s check He was wearing what he considered appropriate clothing for informal evening wear. His suit was pure wool in a bronze-black colour with a faint glen check. It was single-breasted with three buttons, narrow lapels, tapered sleeves, double backvents, and little padding at the shoulders. The trouse*s had 17in cuffs. Mr Nelson’s tie was narrow, in an off-white colour, against a white cotton shirt with a tab collar He had black, semi-pointed shoes and black stretch socks. For decoration. he had a white handkerchief in the brea«t pocket, and a small tie-tack. Believing that “an unpressed crease denotes an unpressed mind,” Mr Nelson advised young men to pay much attention to their grooming