Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1911 — PADDED SHOULDERS MUST GO [ARTICLE]

PADDED SHOULDERS MUST GO

Tailors In Annual Convention at Bt. * Louis Say Men’s Clothes Must Give Slim Effects. St. Louis, Mo. —The corset coat is the fashionable spring and summer garment for men this year and trousers are to fit so snugly shoe honis will be necessary to get them on. At least, so says the International Custom cutters. Already, they declare, the shadow of death is on the “foolish over-exag-gerated man." In his stead will come the “under-exaggerated man,” and men of football physique will appear so slim their wives and sweethearts won’t know them. It Is said that the old caricatures of the dandy French counts give a good idea of Just how the tailors expect to make American men look. The edict comes forth from parlor B of the Planters’ hotel here, and all the United States and Canada must heed the voice from St. Louis. For here are gathered the custom cutters of the two nations and they have with them 17K garments tailored in the styles they insist are to he. Shoulders will be slight, the chest full and the waist small, giving the effect of a corset, they say. Sleeves also will be narrow. Padding will be placed about tbe chest instead of on the shoulders, as of yore. 'Coats will be single-breasted, boldly rounded at the bottom. The “cutaway” in many respects will resemble the frock coat now in style.