The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 354, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 24, 1918 Page: 56 of 70
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HOUSTON DAILY K)STr SUNDAY MORNING MARCH r24 1918.
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SEHSIBLE CLOTHES
FOR AUERICAM HEN
Goti Sams Scbeses Hare Lopped
Off SBperflrities. f
Slit Pockets and Beltleu Models Are
: Decree of Haberdathen Manly .
' Clothes Will Be Popular
... Daring War Time. .
--Stylish lines .to these garment don't
you think? '
- And they are absolutely the latest in
spring clothes for men. . Sensible ' they
are but with enough newness to make
. them attmctive...
Of course you- understand tfie govern- -.meat
has ordered all the belt backs and :
.other surplus cloth effects off clothes as
; a cloth savins' war measure. . That makes
'the figure fat lower right somewhat out ef
: line. Perhaps the artist did not think of
'that however when he sketched t'ais In-
teresting fashion group t At any rate he
Is just-"going out."! so it doesn't matter.
With the war going at full blast the
tread is toward sensible clothes some-
thing men can feet right in with the na-
tion and the Hun in a death gripto the
; Hun. It's up to the civilians to abandon
- the little frills and chorus man' effects in
"their clothes if the boys In the trenches
and camps are to be clad wartnly.
It is conceded that the American men
: as well as women love style and appro-
" priateness In clothes more than any other
. nation. . They love to appear well dressed
: but not foolishly so. Men heretofore have
been rather fearful of ridicule about their -dress.
No wonder for the ever changing
pictures and fashion cuts drawn on In-
human figures that appeared in newspa-
- pera and magazine had something of the
sarcastic in them. Light airy fairy stuff
so to speak. - - A't
This is being discouraged nationwide.
r Both because of the war and for other
obvious reasons. Q lancing over a late na- ;
tionsi fashion magazine it was noticed
that two whole pages ware devoted to the
eooouragenaentyof sensible manly dress
for men. . .
The above drawings represent sensible
Clothes. They don't suggest manikins
hut are mannish in every way. . The
models were furnished by Landers ds
Oreen haberdashers and are. duplicates
Of. the suits kept In their stock. The
tor baa ever kept up with the latest -In
everything for the' man' and thia yesr
stock of
offers an especially complete
spring ana summer ciotnes.
"The dress chart for spring and sum-
mer indicates but few changes from a
year ago" says "Broughton" in the Chi-
cago Apparel Gazette. Accompanying
article are several sketches of sensible
clothes which conform in nearly every
line to the drawings above. Slit pockets
are the latest. They save cloth besides
being natty. The prevalent style is plain
suits cut English fashion.
As for hats the derby will be uutte
popular. Later on the straw of course
twin bold sway. Broughton's designs of
shirts and collars and things do not show
many changes; they too are conserva-
tive. Soft collars are stylish and for
both soft and stiff the pointed end "lit-
erary" effect has become quite the thing
for the younger man.
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The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 354, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 24, 1918, newspaper, March 24, 1918; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth608781/m1/56/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .