Culled from an impeccable source, the following answers to questions put by perplexed wives wil be found of immediate value. So often there is something about one's husband ju that doesn't look just right and yet one doesn't know what to do about it, and unless you can quote authority he will probably wave you airily on one side.
Here goes, then:
What sort of topcoat should my husband wear in the evening?
The correct coat for evening is either a single-breasted, fly-front chesterfield with silk facings, or a double-breasted black goat with a velvet collar. As both of these come under the head of luxuries, it is permissible and even common practice to wear a dark blue coat over tails, or to wear a dark gray day overcoat with dinner clothes, as long as it has no glaringly obtrusive pattern.
Is it right for him to wear soft shirts with a dinner jacket?
It is perfectly correct to wear a soft shirt with a dinner jacket at less formal parties, Silk shirts, either plain bosomed or with six large pleats, are becoming more and more popular both in America and in Englahd, When worn with a stiff turnover collar, this type of shirt is in order even at restaurants and the theatre; but with a soft collar of the same material it should be worn only at home or at very informal dinners. When all is said and done, however, nothing can really take the: place of a stiff-bosomed evening shirt. A white pique shirt with a starched collar of the same pique attached and a pleated bosom is being worn by an increasing number of well-dressed men.
Can he wear coloured studs with tails, or must he wear pearls?
(Coloured jewels, if they are simple in design and workmanship, may be worn with tails. Pearls, of course, are the most fitting and decorative jewels on a stiff-bosomed shirt, and now that oriental pearls "have reached such a degree of perfection and are so moderately priced, almost any man can afford to wear them. Because they are sold mostly as sets, studs, cuff links, ahd waistcoat buttons usually match. However, it is not compulsory that they should, When my husband and I are asked to dinner, how does he know whether the men are going to wear tails Ring up your hostess and ask if it is to be white or black tie. This is very generally done and it is a sensible way of solving the question.
If he's a guest at a big wedding, what should he wear?
To be strictly correct, the guest at a large wedding should wear either a cutaway or a short black jacket with striped trousers. However, you'll find that n.ost of the younger men wear dark blue business suits with a flower in the lapel. Nowadays cutaways are not taped. The waistcoat may be either double-breasted or
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