MEN’S FASHIONS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3643, 26 May 1927, Page 4

MEN’S FASHIONS.

AMERICANS AND PRINCE

LONDON LEADS THE WORLD

LONDON, May 7

“What’s your Prince wearing now?” was the -first question asked by Kdward Smith, who has arrived in London to purchase stocks of the latest clothes fcn behalf of Wlanamaker’s. the big American firm. He added: “What the Prince of Wales wears to-day Americans will wear to-morrow. New Yorkers believe that London leads the world in men’s styles, and that the Prince of Wales leads London.”

GOOD FIGURES; BAD CLOTHES. “Australians are among the finest figures in the world, yet they insist on dressing like plumbers’ mates,” said Mr A. B. Chambers, a South Australian who is selling a Bond Street tailoring business to go and manage a chain of shops in Connecticut, where London West End styles are preferred. “In Hyde Park on Sunday’s, he said, “you can identify Australians by their ill-fitting attire. The women are well-dressed, but the men are slovenly. When ordering their suits, they usually dishearten West End cutters who could make them the smartest-dressed men in London. One man from Adelaide refused to wear a number of perfectlyfitting Saville Row suits because the was afraid they would be too smart. Australians doing business in- London would be more successful if they dressed more fashionably.” “VULGAR TROUSERS.”

The Paris correspondent of the Daily Mail states that a movement in favour of knee-breeches instead of trousers, for not only ceremonial or evening wear, but also in the daytime, is gaining ground rapidly. The leader is Maurice Waleffe, one of the most caustic critics of modern dress, which he regards as unbecoming and unmanly. He considers trousers slovenly and vulgar, and declares that any man worthy of the name should dress in the courtly knee breeches of a century ago. He has started a newspaper called “Adam” to advocate the new fashion.