MEN’S CLOTHES

Hokitika Guardian, 22 February 1930, Page 7

MEN’S CLOTHES

ANOTHER REFORMER, VANCOUVER, January 17. That men should wear fewer clothes lighter, clothes, cleaner clothes, and brighter clothes was the declaration of Dr Alfred C. Jordan, president of the Vancouver Elen’s Dress Reform Party, in a recent address here. “The first object of dress is not protection or ‘decency’ but adornment’’ he argued. “It was to try to help men out of the rut of ugliness andstuffiness into which they fell in Victorian day that some of us founded the Men’s Dress Reform Party. Man is self-conscious and hates to be noticed, and concerted action is necessary.” Some of his points were:— Man's clothes weigh six times as much as woman’s; the collar and tie are preposterous; braces should be abolished, hidden, or made decorative; the waistcoat should be abolished; long trousers are a monstrosity of ugliness and unhealthiness; shoes deform and torture the feet, and should be replaced by sandals. It was when he came to the subject of evening dress that Dr Jordan became really vehement. “It is the acme of beastliness.” he declared. He pleaded that, at least, waiters and all others who ministered to our inner needs should be compelled to wear white washable suits.