The Archive · 1930

Men Are as Vain

AS -WOMEN

Final arbiters of men's: fashions in clothes are women, it is disclosed in a bulletin of the National Association-of Merchant Tailors of Men are just as vain as women, Lut the average man in bossiness hasn't the time to give to the question, of sartorial splendor that a woman has," the.bulletin states. His wife of some other feminine member of his family actually diacts his choice in natty apparel. Perhaps it isn't apparent to him, but she really does just the same.

"Undoubtedly. a. woman. desires ta feo] pride in the appearance. of the man. in -whose company. she is, {ust as, much as the man enjoys: the sensation sot pride in: his woman companion... And she usually—has hex way... Men may drop in casual ly sand. alone, to their merchant tailors for the purpose of replentishing their, wardrobes, but back' of them in nine.ease out of ten is the invisible ptesence'of '@ woman. Cho! colate' brown or-silver-green, gray or blue, they know the colour they want, or rather the colour their wives or daughters wanted. And they order that kind-of: suit."

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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