Wednesday, March 20, 1 940
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
the men
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Color, conscious casuolness
run rampant in male garb
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By Ralph Combe. keen exponents of the rage-to-be
Conscious casualness combined Ken Calvert styled suit; a
with color will run rampant in the three-button, single breasted job
garb of the male of the specie, the tht made of very soft cloth
leading fashioners would have us "hook-weave." It's cut in typical
believe. The flashy, noisy trend Hollywood f ashion . . . this suit is
full of dots and dashes and lots of featured in teal blue and rust
clashes-is going out. But colors Gen aids bacR
will be expressed in harmonious ,
combinations of blues with blue, Glenn plaids which were
and tans with tan, or greens with sported by every Esquire follower
green in sport clothes. More in- about two years ago are again
tAront will be aroused bv lackets. oin to be in the spot-light due
slacks, and shirts than by business to popular request. Doublebreasted
..suits, for business suits will not
hange much.
Rhett Butler shirts.
All these new features are in
cluded in the just-off-the-press
is the key word for this Glenn
plaid pattern, Mr. Shinn told us.
Both Harvey's and Simon's are
going to feature double and single
breasted masterpieces in gaberdine
greys, greens, and tans are the
Rhett Butler shirt a long, pointed most favored colors for this fabric.
collar. .. .giove-suicnca; iwo - dui- ueep-ionea snirts for summer
ton cuffs; 'tis made from O'Hara wear should be part of the ward-
oxford cloth, basket-weave ma- robe of any potential BDOC.
Perusing along the clothes- Gabardine is the thing
haneers at Harvevs we staereered Gabardine is THE material...
into "Whitey" Reed Nebraska's light pastel ties to be worn with
gift to clothes-conscious men and them. Most shirts of this type
to men-conscious women showing sport the currently popular saddle
off one of the newest in men's stitch. Simons is mighty proud of
single-breasted suits a wide- their Hollywood-built "Gaucho
shouldered, trim-waisted, full- Slack" to be worn with these dark
shirted affair. The semi-notch lapel gab shirts. We couldn't help ad
is pictured at its best in this model, miring these passionately colored
It buttons with two buttons at the pants. The "Gaucho" has a hand
waist this deviates from the tini- picked seam at the side. . .'tis quite
versally worn three-button type, similar to saddle stitch of the sport
Pants for this suit are high- shirts.
waisted, cut full through the knee. "Tan is going to be the most-
and taper to near-nothingness at worn color... two shades of tan-
the cuffs.
light jacket and dark trousers,
preferably," concluded Mr. Shinn.
as I wilted with ndmirntinn "hf nil
"Whitey" advocates light weight these colorful masterpieces of con-
scious casualness.
Light tweeds advocated.
tweeds as the best in
stuff, but for later in the season
especially for summer tropical
worsteds, shetlands, cheviots, and
tweeds will be flaunted by the
males. Sports jackets will be cut
so that we'll look like we were
wearing a load of bricks for a
chest. .. .three-buttons are a mini
mum requirement in jackets. They
may be with or without side-vents
....gussets (a kind of half-way
pleat where the sleeve joins the
shoulder at the back) will add that
Esquire-ish note. Colors in these
casual coats will tend to off-shades
teal blue, f'rinstance.
Hollywood influence
"Hollywood," Gayle Shinn of
Ben Simon tells us, "continues to
influence the clothing styles of
America especially for the
younger set. Cinemactors favor
tweeds, shetlands, and other rough
fabrics, but imported garnett flan
nels stand high in their also."
In Simon's new Slack-Jacket
phop, Mr. Shinn showed us some
The styles that father and grand
father wore are being shown a
great deal this season in the lead
ing stores. You don't have to
grow a flowing mustache to com
plete these outfits either. They
add a definite touch to the outfit
of the well dressed man of 1940.
Especially outstanding are the
loud vests in checked and plain
colors that are being shown at
Ma gee's. These vests add a great
deal to a sport outfit and show
that our fathers weren t so old
fashioned after all.
RurJge's hold annual
spring fashion review
Featuring Pat Prime, Alpha Phi
as the bride, Rudge and Guenzel's
last night presented their annual
spring style show.
Rudge's presented a review of
their spring fashions, showing
play clothes, campus, sports and
For your evening formal
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Fashion stresses !
comfort in men's
formal wear, too
Formal evening wear does not
require as big a place in the ward
robes of men on this campus as on
many, but it must not be neglected.
Especially prevalent at Nebraska
are the all whinte linen and flannel
suits. These are worn because of
comfort and price.
Not to be neglected, however,
are the dinner jackets that are
worn this spring. Coming in white,
biege, and maroon these jackets
have shawl collars and are double
breasted. Dark blue tropical
worsted trousers are used with this
coat.
Soft collared shirts mark an
other point in comfort for men in
all clothing this year. These shirts
have soft pleated fronts and
French cuffs. Ties of maroon, mid
night blue and black will be shown,
Completing the outfits will be
bouttonnieres of many colors.
Telescopic hats
come in for men
in a big way
Hat styles have jumped from
the Austrian ( Tyrol to a certain
mountain top in California from
which they are going to look at
stars. In other words the Tyro
lean hat of
last season
has changed
to the tele
scope hat for
1940. But you
two season
hat wearers
sit tight. The
Tyrolean will
be worn a great deal this year
and incidentally many will, as
usual, go without.
The telescope hat is much like
the pork-pie as to the up-in-front,
down-in-back lines but the pork
pie is flat on top while the tele
scope is not. The pork-pie was be
coming to a certain type of indi
vidual while the telescope is be
coming to practically all men.
Extra brim width.
In buying the telescope hat
there is a certain precaution. Al
ways buy this hat with a brim
one-eighth inch wider than you
usually wear. For some reason or
other the telescope block needs
the extra width ot brim.
Colors in men's hats this sea
son include green, blue, arid covert
or khaki. Gray is still standard
but the blue-gray is the newest
version. Bands will come In as
many varieties as ever including
grosgrain ribbon, silk puggree
which are being used on both
straws and felts this season. A
narrow suede leather with a buckle
was a particularly different band
seen this season.
Covert cloth pork-pies.
The pork-pie of covert cloth is
being shown as an inexpensive
campus hat at Magec'a. Other hats
include the town and country
hats by Dodds and other com
panies. The Homburg is also be
ing shown in a variety of new
colors and shades.
Comfort is main feature
for men's sports clothes
By Bob Schlater.
Comfort is the keyword in the
styles for 1940 and this is especi
ally the case in sportswear. Out
fits that will look equally well in
a class room or on a picnic is the
trend in men's apparel this year.
But besides the looks the outfit
must be comfortable.
The conditions throughout the
world have changed this trend to
some extent according to leading
style experts. The war has had
much to do with this trend since
style has been sacrificed for com
fort in the warring countries. One
of the outstanding points of this gabardines,
irena is me predominance ot tne sharkskins
single Dreasiea suit over me Worsted mixtures nnre worsteds
double-breasted. Lighter weight and smin rnvona shown in the
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higher priced suits,
promises more that ever a greater
use of comfortable, easy-g o i n g
clothes for men.
The slack ensemble suit with the
"inner-outer' shirt promises to be
one of the most popular outfits for
picnics and casual wear. Some of
the newest models seen in Lincoln
stores include those with con
cealed zipper front on the shirt,
pockets with slit tops and one
quarter sleeves.
Lighter fabrics.
Fabrics used in the suits will be
much lighter in weight than
former years. Plain-weave poplins.
linen crashes and
are very desirable.
materials and more ease in the cut
of the suit are two points for style
this season.
Colors in quieter shades.
Colors of men's suits have re
turned to blues, grays, and browns
in quieter shades. Stripes which
were so much in vogue last season
are beginning to lose their popu
larity. The checks and bold col
ors in sports jackets are losing
their ground also.
New color combinations will re
sult in flattering fabric shades.
Combinations of green and brown,
blue and gray are good. Hand
stitching is becoming more and
more outstanding in all men's
wear. Notable of these are the
shirts with hand-stitched collars,
cuffs and edges.
Usual spring panic.
Since there will be usual spring
picnic panic in a few days men's
sportswear outfits will be worn
soon. This spring and summer
Colors in these ensembles have
been toned down considerably from
last year. They are now designed
to fit the average man's taste.
Most of the colors have been
grayed somewhat, with stons blue
and sage green promising the
greatest popularity.
Separate shirts in slacks.
Many separate shirts and slacks
are being shown. The shirts as
last season will be the popular
"inner-outer" type and will be of
many different color combinations.
The colors in these have also been
toned down to fit the average
man's taste.
Another item in any fellow's
wardrobe will be the pquall jacket.
This is a slipover type jacket with
knitted cuffs and neck. The ma
terial is wind, water and spot
proof and is ideal for outdoor
wear. The jackets come in ill of
the popular colors, green, blue and
natural.
What's correct a sinirle or double breasted formal suit? The
answer is both, and shown here is the favorite douUa-hreasted style
featured in Palm Beach cloth this season. New are the lower, longer
sween of the laoels and the easy contour of shoulders and hips. This
suit holds its shape regardless of the tempo or the temperature. -'
class wear, classic dresses, the
new jacket dresses, and redingote
spring ensembles. Afternoon
frocks, suits, dress coats, and eve
ning wear, were another feature
of the show.
Models were Pat Prime, Ruth
Iverson, Eleanor Berner, Holly
Shurtleff, Janet Moon, Louise Bes
sire, Virginia Haney, Florence
Moll, Lucille Amen, Helen Ander
son, Marguerite Schlater, and
Ida Hilt.
Patriotic
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Chi Elinor Eisenhart's ensemble of
a blue-gray silk jersey dress and
turban worn with a navy coat
which has white collar and cuffs.
Another "navy girl" is Mary El
len Critea, AOPi with her navy
blue silk dress with the "dutch
boy" skirt, and her tiny straw
hat, also of navy, trimmed with
white flowers which match the
white pique of her dress. And
Dorothy Latsch, A O Pi, will wear
a navy dressmaker suit with mili
tary buttons. Her hat, purse,
gloves, and scarf are red, and her
shoes are blue alligator.
Breath of spring.
-The-very 'breath -of spring- is
Miriam Weller, Pi Phi, in her pink,
blue, yellow, and green plaid skirt
and jacket. She will wear this out
fit with blouses and sweaters of
pastel shades.
Another PI Phi. Grace Hill, will
be sophisticated in a grey silk
crepe dress with red and white
polkadot collar and belt. Red
gloves, a black hat trimmed with
red flowers and black shoes
trimmed with red suede complete
the outfit.
Eleanor Veith, Phi Mu, will
wear a navy blue and white
checked silk dress with large
square pockets. The dress is
trimmed in white and has a Peter
Pan collar, and red belt
'We're in the navy now.'
Right in line with the rest of
the army, or should we say navy,
will be Roma Biba from Raymond
Hall in a navy blue silk coat suit,
navy and white shoes, navy blue
purse and white gloves. Kay Han
ley, also of the dorm, is just as
patriotic in a navy blue fitted coat
with silver buttons, a navy blue
and white dress with a red patent
leather purse and a red Dobbs
hat.
Sigma Kappa Chloe Taylor's
new spring suit is a three piece
variety costume one in soft pow
der blue wool. The gently flared
skirt and tightly fitting inner
jacket lend contrast to the snug
under coat which is trimmed in
soft grey fur.
Theta Eleanor Elliott has
chosen a plain navy dress with
dutch-boy pockets and a white
starchy collar. Another Theta, Pat
Lanigan, looks very school-girlish
In her dusty-blue herringbone
tweed dressmaker suit. With it
Pat wears a tailored rose blouse
and matching turban.
Coral and plaids.
Pi Phi Agnes Wanek has chosen
a coral wool suit witn a ripper
down the front of the jacket. She
wears it with a chartreuse silk
blouse. And Susan Shaw has pur
chased a sport dress with a plaid
blouse of green and lavender,
with a lighter lavender skirt.
Jane Pratt, AOPi, goes coking
In a turquoise blue gabardine skirt
topped by a yellow sweater with
anklets to match. A turquoise
necklace lends individuality to the
outfit. And seen entering Sosh in
a pink shirt with large patch
pockets and sweater and anklets
of a lighter shade is Lucille Step
anek, also an AOPi. A necklace
of glass pastel rings and a pink
halrbow add to her school outfit.
Alpha Chi Cloria Swanson will
wear a navy coat and hat with a
pink ascot to accent the outfit
Easter Sunday. And on the sport
side to be worn to school is Fran
ces Green's blue skirt worn with
a pink and white polka-dot blouse.
Chi O Jean Camahan has a fit
ted black coat with white collar
worn with a black straw hat
trimmed in wine. And Lee Hyland
is another flag-waver with her
navy suit with a white blouse,
and carries a red purse, with red
touches on other parts of the cos
tume even to her shoes.
Alpha Xi Delta Lois Owens is
very spring-like in her fitted re
versible novelty plaid tweed coat
of pink and blue. With the coat
she wears a dusty rose blouse and
skirt, a blue felt hat, and blue
gloves.
Pi Phi Kay Johnson is smart
in a turquoise crepe dres3. made
princess style. With it she wear
a turquoise, maroon, and grey
tweed coat. Lila Waring, Theta.
has a good-looking beige tweed
dressmaker suit. With it she wear?
a yellow pull-over sweater and
beige accessories.
Youp
millinery
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