Watch Chains are Out.
It is no longer de rigueur to wear a watch chain, and the man-ahout.town who desires to carry about with him a reminder of the fleeting hours must carry it without any gold chain attached. The waistcoat of the favourite cutaway is no longer to display an ornamental bunch of charms or a dangling souvenir of the skill of the jewellers. Fashion long ago declared that men must abjure diamonds by night as well as by day, barring a deep-set solitaire, perhaps for the little finger, but the new decree against watch chains will fall with severity on very young men, who like to have a little jewellery to toy with in their, hours of statuesque posing. The fact is, however, that the dictum of modes masculine is quite as absurd as the feminine edict that street dresses must sweep the pavement, and is quite as likely to be disregarded by sensible people.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 994, 20 March 1891, Page 5
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