STREAMLINE SUITS

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 March 1934, Page 10

STREAMLINE SUITS

FOR MEN’S CORRECT WEAR. / The 1934 gentleman should be as smartly streamlined as his 1934 automobile, and equally as colourful, if he is to be in style. This is the dictum of the men who make the styles—the Fashions Committee of the National Association of Merchant Tailors and’ Merchant Tailor Designers’ Association, a joint, convention at Chicago, says the “Christian Science Monitor.” Sweeping n.ew lines designed to emphasize height and slenderise the wearer, while at the same time allowing him more freedom of movement, are the trend in men’s attire, as inspired by the new automobile design, according to Mr Raymond G. Twyeffort, chairman of the committee, Colour and still more colour is recommended, and while business clothes may retain their conservative colours, the leisure-time clothes are destined to break away from tradition, according to the committee.

Coloured waistcoats for informal wear with dinnex- jackets, and, foxsummer wear, coloured , dinner jackets themselves are recommended to break the monotony. The host at an informal gathering may go even further, wearing a. host’s suit of pastel shade, with shawl collar and sash.

How, the curious will ask, is that new streamline effect obtained'? First, leave off the padded shoulders, said Mi- Twyeffort, because the trend is definitely away from them. “The emphasis now is upon height and all lines of a sack suit must adhere to this design,” he added. This requires trim hips, but, to give greater freedom, both coat and trousers are full and loose where they need to be. There is plenty of freedom across the chest as well as through the upper part of the trousers, but to accentuate that trim, slender effect they taper at the ankles.

“We want men to look the part of the new era,” said one of Mr Twyeffort’s associates, Mr Ralph Carver, of Hollywood. “We want them to look like they are on their toes, ready to go, and we want them to have freedom of movement to go where they will. Take my coat, for instance, I can go where I want in , it. do as I want, and it doesn’t hold i me back. Yet it is slender and trim in the right place.” Both Mr Twyeffort and Mr Carver; fts they demonstrated the new styles, were the quintessence of the new ora. The latter was in a leisure-time ' suit for late afternoon, consisting of : dark brown coat, checked trousers, wing collar, gayly striped bow tie and grey derby, mention of which brought him aroqnd to the latest headgear—the coloured derby. Pearl grey, blue grey, and navycoloured derbies are advocated for• wear with these new leisure-time i outfits. .