Brighter colours for men

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32565, 26 March 1971, Page 5

Brighter colours for men

Women are going to have serious competition in dressing from their menfolk when it comes to colours.

Aubergine, a grape toning, is one of tire new fashion colours for men’s city suits forecast by Mr S. Sinclair, the joint-managing director of Anthony Squires. For casual wear, New Zealand men will soon be going into bright blues, olive green, tan and reds.

Encouraged by their wives, and teen-age sons and daughters, men are learning how to co-ordinate the colours of their shirts, ties and socks with their suits, Mr Sinclair said in Christchurch yesterday. I What is more, men are be-) ginning to appreciate the “fan” of dressing up. It is no longer a chore. “It is something that is being approached with that feeling of pleasurable anticipation,” he added. t Mr Sinclair, who is based in Sydney, was speaking at a luncheon to mark the twentyfirst anniversary of his firm. The hosts were the Australian Government Trade Commissioner (Mr A. R. Taysom) and Holeproof N.Z., Ltd, which make Anthony Squires clothes under licence in New Zealand. Their guests were executives of men’s wear retail stores, and members of the Australian Government Trade Commission. < FORWARD LOOK The forward look in men’s suits throughout the world will be a two-button, singlebreasted jacket with wide lapels and flaps and a longer centre vent. The trousers will be either flared or straight-hanging and wider than have been worn recently.

In the standard sports jacket field, checks will dominate, he said. Bright colours in the checks will be used for trousers to co-ordinate the total look. Blazers will be mainly

double-breasted with long side or centre vents, bolder lapels, and flaps in gay colours. These will include bright blue, olive green, tan, reds, and the traditional navy. The days when a man bought one suit for “Sunday best” have gone. They are buying more clothes and buying them for specific purposes, Mr Sinclair said. Younger men in particular buy two or three suits at a time in different colours and different weights. They are building up wardrobes of trousers in tailored and casual styles, in “a riot of colours.”

“Though men will still look fairly sober in their city garb, they will tend to let their hair down for leisure time wear,” he added. WOOL’S ADVANTAGES Mr Sinclair believes that wool and wool-based cloths are the only ones which show tailoring at its best advantage. Only from these soft, luxurious fabrics can the true beauty of colour and design be developed, he said. “I think I should make it

clear that we believe in wool, not merely for nationalistic reasons, but because it has, in our opinion, tangible advantages for people who want fine things,” Mr Sinclair said. The photograph above shows Mr Sinclair (left) pointing out the wide lapels of a new suit, made by .Anthony Squires to the Australian Government Trade Commissioner (Mr A. R. Taysom) at yesterday’s anniversary luncheon. In the foreground is one of the awards recently presented to the firm.