FASHIONS FOR MEN

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 33, 2 November 1937, Page 4

FASHIONS FOR MEN

Spring Offering of Brighter Raiment GREEN SHADES P0PULAR Spring suitings, and all that go witK them are now being displayed by the retailers of Hastings and Napier. They cover a wider xange than ever, and there is definite evidence that brighter colours are ereCping into men 's attire, although the progress is slow. Styles in many cases are different from those of last year and make for distinction. Prices are shqwing a tendeney to rise slightly, but good value is offering. Continuing the trend of the last two or three seasons, browns and greys prc* tlominate, although green is becoming popular. The green pork-pie hat has apparently come to stay and the. same dark shade of green is appeariiig in suits. Green suits are taking on quite well in- Australia but are not beingi worn here to any great extent yet. Green is alsa found in sports coats, biazers, ties and other articles of ap* parel, • Brown was easily the most popular colour for general wear a few years ago, and it is still holding its own, but, according to oue leading mercer in Hastings this morning, grey is fast gaining in popularity. Light and medium shades are the present vogue, with chalk stripes still popular, par* * ticularly in the two-piece suits. Navy blue suits, once so popular, * are not seen so much. Double-breasted suits and overcoati are being worn this season by most men who aspire to be well-dressed. The materiasl for suitings are of finer texture, lighter in weight, than that pre* vailmg during the past few yearfc Worsteds are still in vogue. ■ In sport* coats there is a tendeney for fancy backs, with pleats and half belts. In hats the craze seems to be for the pork-pie, which is featufed in deep browns and dark green. The soft lightweight, or crush hat, with a narrow band and brim was the popular rage last year and seems just as popular this season. The bands are from an inch to an inch and a half wide and th® brims are narrow, ranging from two inches wide to. only one and three-quar* ter inches. Men's fashions have been marked by a good deal,- of cbange in the last few years. A ifew theme has been struck in recent years by ties in deliwte shadings of the palest of greens, blues and fawns, with white or grey backgrounds. Yet so clever is the blending of the colours that even the prosaio uusihess man may weat: one without being too conspieuous. As already mentioned, darker shades of green, also, are found in ties. The vogue for gre'en runa also ti shirts in the light or tint colours, of course. The shirts are Bhaded greea and .the ties and socks have similar shadings.