Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 4, 1925, Winnipeg, Manitoba I Topping Toggery for. 3 club and track i Motorist and tourists follow fashion s lines Winnipeg saturday april 4, shopping for the Well dressed Man not alone for feminine fancy is port age Avenue a loom this easter tide i i Sheila Sherwood continuing her shop Ping tour finds much to intrigue modest male Hen All is said and done Man must not figure in the drama of fashion As a Mere Spectator to cast a critical Eye of Dis approval or smile his satisfaction at the passing figures. Too constitutes a part of the interesting scene and while it May be that it is with More the dirt of secrecy that he launches Forth into new apparel it is with none the less care and Candour tint he makes his selections for clothes of a formal o r informal nature. Let s Start with the top. Lists from the most reliable fashion com Jesmay be found s. The newest shapes boasting the snap brim which is almost to retain its shape regardless of any handling on the part of the wearer. Lave become especially popular since adopted by . The Prince of Wales. They arc to be found in Pearl Greys and other shades but the Pearl is Paramount for fashion. Toiled brims in Stetson with Light bindings also top the Mode this Spring. Tweeds and done Gal tweeds Are especially favored in Caps the Uver Clicks for summer Wear come in shades of snarl and Grey Blue. The Slimmer crush Able whip Ord Cap has the unbreakable Peak and is especially recommended for i Jurist use. An encouraging feature of the visit to this shop was the keenly Optimist Outlook on the part of the proprietor reports the Public Are buying the highest of merchandise. Colt like rid Uig is a sport with its own Traci iou and the clothes in which one plays or rides Ai i allowed very Little latitude. To be sure the golfer can vary his accessories to a much greater Dearee than the horseman but the spirit of the same must be preserved in every one of them. At Ashdown s one has abundant Choice of sweaters for this popular pastime and the sum Verwill see the numerous links dotted with men garbed in their smart plus fours or knickers topped with the newer designs of sweater in. The Heather shades that verge off to the Tan or Copen Blue combined with Gold Brown. These Are de signed in the pull Over coat sweater and have mottled patterns vertical or horizontal stripes or swerve to a mottled effect. The Hose have a Strong semblance to the sweaters some with a turn Uver top have the Diamond pattern or a Stripe a splendid collection of mcc4regor clubs tempts the enthusiast Here. They come in com plete sets with Driver spoon and Brassie All Ivory j Aeed a pretty design of coloured dots distinguish ing them from other makes. Following the golfer s desires in dress the Livingston Smith company have for display an cd rail cd assortment of Isle sweaters also so Itron irly favored by the Prince of Wales. The die of Hartr Ofak ,1 i drab men expected to Blossom this summer into hues that will make Birds jealous. Save trousers to be so Loose that Thrifty citizens will be Able to go around with both feet in one leg in is talk around town of what the Well dressed Man will look like Ai tar he gets himself fitted out with the latest styles in men s Wear this Spring and the general opinion is that he is going to look worse usual which is a pretty hard thing to say. The one Consolation is that it will be impossible for him to look As stiff and bored and As much like n cardboard Box or a two by four scantling As the pictures of him in the fashion magazines. Artists who draw pictures of men for the fashion plates draw the clothes first and then they put the Man inside them just As you blow of a football and the result is very much the one of the leading High class fashion has an article this Spring show ing that it will to outfit the Well dressed Man this year which if True Means that a lot of men around Winnipeg Are Likely to be going around one tenth clothed this sum Mer and therefore nay be mistaken for women. According to tie list of items of this Man. The hat will Cost the overcoat f35q, the Muffler gloves suit shirt under Wear slices hosiery Cravat cigarette Case cuff links pen and Pencil Belt and buckle watch Chain and knife Stickpin pocketbook of course this paeans in new York which is As Good a reason As any Why we should buy our summer s supplies in Winnipeg. About the Only resemblance Between the fellow in this list and the most of us men in Winnipeg is that he too has Only one shirt the greatest Point of differ ence is that he has a pocketbook Worth lots of men we know could t get for their pocketbook and All that is in it. If we were in. New York and had to dress like that we would have to pare. List As much As possible. But it is Suen a Complete and fundamental list for the Well dressed Man. That it is difficult to eliminate anything unless one could go around without socks Aud save or sneak out into company without Pearl Stickpin. Hen. It is said Are going in for colors this year in a big Way. Also they Are going in for checks in a big Way also they Are going in for trousers in a Way. Dressing gowns Are to be made of flannel in a pattern copied from those loud speaking linoleum rugs. Scarves Are also to be of flannel and done in bold checks to match the patterns on. The outside of most of the taxi cabs. A fashionable hat will be a rakish thing of Felt with worn Well Down All around and with a particularly cunning scoop drawn Well Over the right Eye giving the wearer especially if he happens to have a moustache an appearance sort of resembling a Cross Between a i class Bootlegger and broken Down colonel ply stand up Collar Cut deep in front to continued on pass s it s the Cut of the clothes that counts ice the keen buyer and Well dressed Man knows that not Price Only but Many other features determine the value of a suit. That s Why so Many men buy our society Brand. Clothes. Because they know that they obtain exclusive Cut no Bond Street tailor can suit that they will never give up until the fabric has served Long overtime. Aren t these things Worth having Long after the Purchase Price has been forgotten this season we offer you greater society Brand values than Ever before. A splendid selection from to Alvvs took for the Label Inthac inside pocket. Men s shop Portage and Carlton clothes hats and furnishings for men of discrimination dress Well and succeed he a m ;