GARB THAT DAZZLES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 27 May 1925, Page 10

GARB THAT DAZZLES.

LONDON MEN’S CLOTHES. LONDON, April 6. Mere man is revolting in his clothes and at. last he is lighting to throw off the reproach and the everlasting “blue and grey,” and London tailors of forty years’ experience declare that never have they had to handle sqfcli creations as are coming on the market and that not since the . beginning of last century have men had such a chance to array themselves as beautifully. A year or two ago a revolt started with young bloods, who came out in coloured evening dress. One sneer of good society killed the idea, however, but now Sav'dle How itself is giving its blessing to morning clothes of most wonderful colours. There is nothing loud and garish about it. The whole idea is to throw over the familiar shades ot brown or blue or grey for more delicate tones, hut with nice discretion, so that a gathering of well-dressed men will present as varied and charming hues as women themselves. IXV LSI BLE PATTERN, The invisible pattern. is the secret 6,1' ]lo \ v it is done. .Reddish brown material has purple lines woven through it ; slate blue cloth has greenish motif, and fawn and blue are subtly intertwined. Generally tints combine into one subdued, hue only to be described as sweet. But extravagance win creep m. A feather effect in mauve produces strange blobs of charming heather mixture and has cross-word puzzle lines drawn across it and «om© blends of couour run so much to perpendicular lines as to look almost like college blazers. But these are demanded only by young men, and are not the worst of their indiscretions. There is the exuberance ol their trousers against which cartoonists protested in vain. BEGAN IN OXFORD.

ft was begun at Oxford and was taken up at Cambridge, and .now its influence is felt in other universities and is corrupting scientific colleges, and even select circles of bank clerks and junior actors. Undergraduates and their imitators yearn to force their pants on public attention. First thev enlarged them beyond belief until' they' had yards of unnecessary material flapping about their shins, and now they are colouring them all the tints of the rainbow. Flannel trousers to the sober mind must ever be white or grey, but enthusiastic youth sees not why they should not he brown or plaids, slate blue or fawn. ' Decorated also they may be with stripes and mixtures. Every tailor must now stock at least fifty patterns in.flannel. And as they groan at this imposition their one hope is on the stern regulations of suburban lawn tennis and cricket clubs. CRICKET CLUBS FROWN. *

These do not yet appreciate university sartorial culture and are still requiring players to garb themselves with decorum. Also it must be recorded that just as men’s lounge suits grow beautiful, sundry .regulations, of the. financial districts are growing more severe. In banks and big business bouses there is reaction from the ‘easy-going attitude of the war. No longer can the clerk lounge at his desk in loose Norfolk jacket and grey flannelswithout earning reproach, and office managers are beginning to suggest no man can keep a ledger properly or pay out money correctly unless, he wears a black morning coat and striped trousers, which means he must seek liis lunch at a tea shop in a ta.lL silk hat.