ELECTRIC CLOTHES.
VISTA OF EVER- Bit IGIITER COLOURS FOR MEN.
.Mom's clothes are to be brighter. The "Daily Mail" makes this announcement on the authority of an expert and discerning tailor who justifies his prophftcy by consideration of scientific evolution. It was at the Tailors' and Cutters' Exhibition in Soho that a representative of the* "Mail" met- him, Ha was admiring the lighter shades of grey and brown that "are to bo tho hues of men's winter fashions. "Ves," lie observed, "they all bear out my theory ol tlio future of men's clothes. They will become brighter and brighter, and I will tell you why. "Years aiid years ago, before Stephenson discovered the locomotive, men did wear bright ejothes.. Then came tho steam ago. A huge bulk of coal was burnt and smoke and smuts filled the air of oities,. The oil of machinery spattered the worker. Man discovered that his bright clothes became dirty too rapidly, and took to dark and sombre suits in defence of his appearance and his pocket. "There is an easy prflof that I am right. In countries to-day wliero there are 110 manufactures ar.d littio dirt in the air men still wear bright raiment. ".Hut in Hng!and_ ths age of steam is passing. . Electricity is, the native power of ,tho. future, and it brings with it no smuts or smoke. In the clean air of the future man will indulge again in his innate love of brightness ■■in personal adornment. _ "Tho age of electricity will bo the ago of colour in clotbes. •
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1909, 18 November 1913, Page 4
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258ELECTRIC CLOTHES. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1909, 18 November 1913, Page 4
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