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Designer Likes 4-Suit Outfit
What is the basis of "a-best-dressed man's" wardrobe has long been the subject of hot debate.
There are those strong in defense of the four-suit wardrobe, each in a different color and fabric. Just as adamant are those who maintain the smart man chooses his best color and builds his wardrobe around it.
Clinton Stoner, California designer of men's wear and accessories, is firmly convinced the best wardrobe consists of four suits. But he says, two must be blue, the other a tweed, the fourth a good gray flannel or one of the new hard-finished worsteds.
Defending his choice of two blues,
Mr. Stoner insists blue is correct for
town and city wear—for social occa-
cions,—for office wear.
For his blue shirt, Stoner picks serge as first first choice. The other may be gabardine or basket weave. However, most men today prefer gabardines. Mr. Stoner says serge just happens to be his favorite fabric.
To this four-suited wardrobe, add a good tweed jacket. This is the Stoner recipe for a basic wardrobe.
But there are a large number of men who choose the coordinated wardrobe as being both practical and budget-wise.
TOPCOATS IN STYLE Here are two typical styles you'll see this spring. The sturdy tweed (left) has a rugged, masculine look with bal collar and raglan sleeves. A somewhat dressier coat (right) is of all wool gabardine with set-in sleeves. Both coats in the photograph are by Botany.
California Fashions Give Men A Colorful And Casual Air
The California men's apparel industry holds firm to its belief the American male not only needs but wants color in sportswear, clothing and accessories
However, California's use of color for 1952 is more restrained, more ordered than in recent seasons, sports shirts make full use of brilliant reds and yellows for example, but are employed with greater control.
Rayon prints remain important in smaller spaced or all-over designs. But this season, woven patterns in cotton, rayon and linen have become a strong factor. Some are inspired by the American Indian, others hark back to the ancients of South America.
Contrasting-trim wool and cotton-knit pullovers retain their popularity but with emphasis on new borate, chevron and vertical stripe effects.
Color is important in suits, too, along with fabric. There is a silk story in California summer clothing. Shantung and raw silk clothing is being shown in both light and deep tones.
Most suits adhere to the traditional silhouette, now slimmed down in accordance with the national trend. Such details as pocket flaps, side and center vents are new and important in both suit and sports coats.
CHECK JACKET—A houndstooth checked wool jacket, by Currick & Leiken teams up with a sleeveless sweater by Church. Gray flannel slacks and a tweed cap complete the outfit.
Self-belt slacks and coordinated pullover or button front shirts are still newsworthy . . . slacks come with either extended or shirred wristbands. Many carry huge patch pockets for poolside essentials.
Waist - length, zipper jackets emerge from conventional weaves and are shown in harlequin checks and nubby, multi-color raysons. Classic loader jackets stress casual elegance, some with inverted pleat pockets, others with tailored attached belts.
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Faded blue denim will continue to grow in popularity California producers, originators of this sportswear, predict! As a consequence, sport shorts, jackets, slacks, swim trunks and walking shorts are presented in a variety of styles in this good-looking, practical fabric.
Friday, March 21, 1952
Wool Shetlands, Tweeds Highlight Casual Wear
The soft textured fabrics, such as wool shetlands and tweeds, featured for men's casual wear this spring, are a perfect example of the strong masculine interest shown in the hardy, casual manner of leisure dress.
Sports coats, with new emphasis on checks, plaids and self weaves, come into their own in the spring sportswear picture. They are being designed with an increasing number of center and side vents.
In the East, particularly around New York, sports coats with pocket flaps and an added watch pocket are featured. Most of these are three-button models with side vents.
Although the vest continues to fade from popularity for business wear, the tattersall vest can be seen in greater numbers than ever for casual wear by men of all ages. Primarily a sports style, the more conservative of the tattersall svests have
Flannel, the top favorite for slacks last year, is predicted to continue its popularity through the new season, along with wool garadine. The flannels are available in many shades of grey, with charcoal brown adding a new note. The slacks shown for spring are designed, in many instances, with pleats and concealed belt loops.
now been adopted for street and business wear by younger men.
For the active, sports-minded man, pullover sweaters stress new color interest. Beige,light blue, aqua and maize are among the leading shades.
The active man will also find worsted jersey shirts emphasized in the 1952 style parade. For wear both indoors and out, this type of shirt offers him soft comfort and casual good looks. And it is available with both long and short sleeves, with navy, heather grey and heather brown among the top colors.
Women Buy The Ties
Women, who buy 85 per cent of all neckties sold, base their selection on color, men on pattern, according to Men's The foundation. Women are successful buying psychology is attuned to high developed sense of color. Men, on the other hand, have an incidence of color blindness.
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