Judge — October 23, 1926 — page 22: what you’re looking at

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Our London Letter on Men’s Fashions ver since Lord Lounging- Robe, Bloomsberry fashion arbiter and nephew of Sir Lloyd Thropington Kersey (a cousin of the queen on his Aunt Irene’s side) appeared at_ the Havana cigar butt hunt of the London Hoboes’ Field and Marine Club wearing a pair of purple sleeve garters, the best-known men about town have enthusiastically gone in for the idea. The colored sleeve garter looks best when worn with a pink or red striped shirt and can be obtained from some of the more conservative firms of sleeve garter makers. Roastbeef & Gravy, Limited, Official Sleeve Garter Makers by Appointment to His Majesty, have a very pretty display in their windows on Bond street. A famous member of Parliament —Lord Pinsker-Duffus—who shall be nameless, startled the _aristo- cratic chowder party of the Billings- gate Regular Republican Club by appearing in a pair of rainbow striped sleeve garters trimmed with fragile lace which draped artis- tically an inch or so below the elastic. Blushing furiously, Lord Pinsker explained that the newest vogue was to trim one’s sleeve arters with bits of lace bestowed y one’s sweetheart and removed by her from some intimate article of personal wearing apparel. Fashionable London has been deploring the recent laxity in those niceties of dress which proclaim the true gentleman. Even so con- ventional a Briton as Sir Soft- Beverage appeared at dinner one evening recently sans his dinner jacket. Lady Begood, sister of the Count of Creosote, who gave the dinner in honor of Captain Carbohydrate Fitz, fainted when Sir Beverage removed his monocle and stood at the entrance to the dining salon attired in his union suit and a tweed jacket. Public sentiment waxed strong and as a result the exclusive tailors are showing formal clothes for eve: activity from the pre-breakfast tu’ to the post-dinner night-cap. At Rock & Rye, Formal Clothes Out- fitters by Appointment to His Majesty, there are being shown the new full’ dress suits to be worn in the bathtub. Shirt and collar are of rubberized material, shoes and accessories are waterproofed and the aristocratic Briton need no longer appear for his matutinal plunge in the nude. The bell-bottom trouser is being worn a good deal in London this season, while egg stains carelessly dotting the vest are being observed at many of the better clubs. A Parniculatly smart turn out worn a prominent member of the ouse of Lords at a recent widget hunt near Tewksbury on Mush consisted of a pair of high yellow button shoes with bulldog toes, red spats, brown bowler and a natty 1906 mail-order suit made by Sear-Roebuck, Limited. The real outstanding feature of men’s clothes for winter wear is the vogue for trousers. Fashion- able London now agrees that nothing aids a man’s appearance more than a pair of trousers. Chills & Fever, Official Trouser Purveyors by Appointment, Of Course, to His Majesty, are show- ing a complete line of winter suits with trousers included. But we will always have the conservatives in our midst. General Bullfinch, hero of the Boer War and several Kensington teas appeared last Sun- day at the Charing Cross Station without trousers, though proudly displaying a starched shirt and high silk topper. Will stylish Lon- (Continued on page 26) comicbooks.com