lo- -,k, i i, -v, VEMNE5DAY, fvlikl C it i2; 1941 THIC IGA_.A Y 1, TfCJ 2,14 Sport Shirts Will Offer Even Greater Variety This Spring Combination Style, Utility Is Featured Easily Washable Fabrics Announced; T-Shirts Will Remain Popular Promising the best combination of style, comfort and utility ever offer- ed, the new sport shirts and slack sets will be available in refreshing new fabrics and colors. Good news is the announcement that manufacturers have developed new high quality washable- fabrics. This should make the neat-appear- ing slack suits more popular than ever because dry cleaning will no longer be necessary. The classic T shirt, never extinct, will assume new vogue during the coming season. Shown in solid colors and bold stripings, polo ald T shirts will be made in wrinkle-resistant spun rayon and cotton materials. Wearing qualities are said to be bet- ter than ever. Especially appealing to practical men will be a new gabardine shirt that can be worn either with open collar or with a tie-but natly. This shirt should answer a long-standing and just desire for it is not only two-purpose but has the unique ad- vantage of immediate convertibility. Covert cloth, long a favorite for top coats and suits, will be offered in several shades of long sleeved shirts early in the season. These shirts, light and absorbent, will be ex- cellent for spring wear. Styled for ease and comfort, the new sports ensembles will please all with their neatly fitted, non-sloppy character. Prices, although generally rising are not expected to affect these clothes unduly as quality will much enhance actual value. Though white will not be top-notch, solid colors are still the first choice. Pastel shades will be the newest in- novation and are expected to be a hit. Garments are to be more highly styled, with long sleeve models of- fering a threat to the established preference for short sleeves. Pipe Revival Is Predicted ForSpring It looks like it will be a spring of pipes. And well it should be, for there's nothing like a nice long tramp in the Arboretum with the favorite coed or any three of the same, and your favorite pipe lighted up and smoking away. Spring is the season for roughing it, and pipes should be purchased ac- cordingly. Not only should the ques- tion of good smoking be taken into consideration, but also adaptability. Probably the most popular shape for spring hikers this year will be the bull moose, with a short, rounded bowl, and a stubby, curved stem. In any good briar, the shape is ideal,' and may well become the campus's favorite pipe (next to Hygiene 101). The war has cut down on the im- portation of briar, which usually comes from the Mediterranean coun- tries. This may forecast a rise in popularity of the so-called air-cooled metal jobs. The pipes use a good deal less briar, only the bowl being made of that root. But the metallic stem gives a cooler and dryer smoke, which makes up for the somewhat unusual appearance of the pipe. In addition, lightness and compactness of these models make them easier to carry in the pocket and a little easier on the teeth if you have a weak jaw. A few of last fall's briar importa- tions, however, have -been made up into some excellent new models that should be popular this spring. The bulldog, however, seems destined to hold its lead as favorite on the cam- pus, both in the curved and straight- stemmed model. New bakelite stems or stems of other composition material are being stocked up by local merchants in many brilliant colors. Reds and yel- lows are not theleast bit uncommon in pipe stems this year, though a goodk many pipe smokers prefer to stick to the old-fashioned black para rub- ber va'riety, or composition stems. Women Given Opportunity To Indicate' Varied Complaints On Men And Fashions Female Gripes Are Listed: faded, and in need of a little darning, Loudness, Suede Jackets, with a wilted tieless colar oozing out over the top. Extremely Short Haircuts Then there is the long-haired boy. !He may be so because he can't afford Males Can Mow 'Em Down With Dainty Swimsuit Designs When you're. undressing to go swimming this year, fellows, the idea is to combine comfort with neat- ness in your swim suit, or what thereI is of -it. Like they always say, it's much nicer to swim sans suit than with one, so this year manufacturers of swimming suits have put this idea into practice more than ever before, introducing softer and more comfort- able materials, plus designs that do little or nothing to inhibit bodily movements in swimming. 'Of course, it's passe to wear a top to your bathing suit any more, be- cause the style is that sun tanned chest looking manly and stuff. So you need only to worry about the trunks, and they're not a big worry. Coarsely-knitted wool seems destined for popularity, not only be- cause it's extremely comfortable, but also because it looks ultra-neat. In some designs here we see the military influence, with dark blue trunks with red and white chevron stripes on the sides. Wool is still the favorite, for it has proven more practical in the long run, though some other fabrics, es- pecially some of the rubberized ma- terials, have their fans. Design, as usual, is predominantly simple, in men's swim trunks. Every now and then you see a flowerly south sea island job, but then people seldom actually wear these- at least to swim in. As to what to wear with your swim suit, when you're lolling around ,on the beach, in case you are wont to be a loller, as most men are on' beaches for obvious reasons, knitted pullovers of fine cotton yarn with a short nap on the surface seems to be the most popular. Coming in vir- tually every color, you can buy them to match or contrast with your swim- ming trunks, and they are a must for the properabeach costume. Canvas shoes, copied from the Spanish, called espadrilles, shelter the feet from the hot sands, which is a nice polite way of saying that you don't go bare-footed on the best of beaches. Oh, yes, and another tip about swim suits-don't drown: it always spoils your nice pretty new trunks. Crisp Coruroy Enliven Menswear Bo on the lookout in local haber- dasheries for the latest in sport jack- ets, a tailored, three button cordu- roy model, perfect for casual and leisure wear. Cravenetted, the jacketsi are com- pletely waterproof, so you can thumb your nose at Ann Arbor weather when attired in one of them. The fabric also holds its shape and press bet- ter than any cloth you can find in sports jackets, and look ultra smart. The jackets come in three lengths, short, medium, and long. Daily prayer of the ideal college man runs something like this: and please, dear God, if you love me, help me to figure out how to keep to the straight and narrow path that runs along between navy blue business suits and those wild, wild plaids. The answer is what every college man should know. In fact, I'll bet they all know it, and disregard it de- liberately, painstakingly and with malice aforethought. There are some nifty-looking combinations that are far from making you look like office scenery and feel as if you ought to have your feet on a desk somewhere. But the extremes to which these long-on-the-muscle, and short-on- the -brains creatures will carry things! One extreme is the perennial college boy. The short-pants, saddle- shoes, crew-cut lad. A high school girl's dream, no less. These are the ones who take fiendish glee in throw- ing together checks and plaids, and greens, yellows and purples. However, I'll admit that this type has just about had his day, and along with the raccoon coat can sing a swan song anytime. But there's another type, a little subtler, but not much. And he's still going full swing. This is the boy from home, who clings to and cherishes old suede jackets, and brilliant Hud- son bays. Ie is used to running around Winnemucca like so, and labors under the delusion that what's all the rage there is just what lends i that casual touch to Joe College. Indoors and later on in the spring, young Winnemucca is the one who wears a jaunty sweater, slightly Trace Periodical ICycles Of Styles Both Men's And Women's Fashions Repeat Both men's and women's fashions repeat themselves. There are vari- ations and improvements, of course, but many of the essential features of the style will turn up periodically. Sometimes the cycle takes 25 years to repeat-sometimes only five. The covert cloth type coat which is so popular this spring was also in favor one hundred years ago, when it wan worn by English country gentle- men. About 25 years ago, it made its, appcarance as a smart town top-'! coat in finger-tip length models. These coats were cut very fully and carried large buttons. Today covert cloth coat in trim- tailored models, either fly-front single-breasted or double-breasted, is one of the smartest coats for town wear. It is also suitable for country wear when cut on country lines. the haircut, or because he needs a few extra inches of height, or because he has a bald spot to cover. Also short hair doesn't show off carefully cultivated curls so well, we realize. It's not the answers in this case- it's the question that's out of wack. Admitting that it's not fair to crit- icize destructively, let's hop the fence, and see what belongs in the picture. By all means, quiet tweeds, in browns, beiges, and grays, some with a little subdued color mixed in so that it fades out in the distance. By all means gabardines, and by all means mixed combinations, if either the coat or the pants are a solid color. And camel's hair jaekets. And cable-stitched sweaters, underj tweeds. By all means color in the tie, if its not a combination of six differ- ent ones all whirled together. And don't forget long, long suit coats, and no saddle shoes, and no moccasins. Which reminds me, wedgees are so cute on men, especially if they're in that bilious shade of greenish-yellow that I've seen some of you stuck with. arte rsOffer New Plastics, Fresh Colors Coeds Ask Clean Shoes, Ties, Spotless Shirts, Harmonious Blends - By THE KNOCK-KNEED - REPORTER Strolling around on the campus yesterday, we ran into a couple of those immaculately dressed Michigan coeds, who were just in the mood to answer our questions about the clothes we poor Michigah men wear. "Oh," said the blond, "I think Michigan men dress fairly well, though they usually do look pretty sloppy, especially on Monday morn- ings." She stooped to tie the lace on one of her latest debris-colored saddle shoes. The red-haired one wasn't inclin- ed to be so nice about it. "I think they look just-awful, especially with- out ties, which they never wear, and those horrid combinations of differ- ent colored pants and coats!" she raved, as she smoothed her helio- trope-colored skirt, which she wore with a magnificent peppermint and wintergreen-striped blouse. Getting down to the real inside dope, though, fellows, they had some pretty definite opinions about the way we dress, which are summed up sort of briefly here: 1. The worst thing is never polish- ing our shoes, which always look dirty and centuries old. (If you're anything like The Reporter, your shoes are centuries old, that is, what there is left of them.) 2. Ties are noticeable by their ab- sence only. 3. We wear our shirts for months without having them washed, and they look horrid! 4. Pants are never creased, and when they are, the crease is in crook- ed. 5. We combine atrocious sports jackets with worse colored pants, and Patriotic Motif Will Dominate Late Fashions "Aid to Britain" has become a by- word, and a stark reality as well. Thousands on this side of the water are in uniform once again, and the movie houses continually feature short pictorials on defense and pa- triotism. So it is only natural that fashions this year reflect this move- ment, since clothes are the expression of the mood of the people. Men will be wearing red-and-blue foulard ties with white shirts, or they will tuck handkerchiefs of the tradi- tional trio in their coat pockets. Even the more conservative are wearing red boutonnieres in the lapels of blue suits. Or they will sport a blue suit with white shirt and solid red tie. And the sly insertion of some red and blue into the hat band decoration is a dead giveaway in one whose head, as well as his heart, is in his loyalty. A bolder use of the patriotic motif is found in the shirts with red and blue pinstripes, and in the red-whit - and-blue plaid ties. The younger set ought to reactf. too; to the new red- white-and-blue plaid sports jackets. and later on in the season, it will be hard to resist striped cotton sports shirts in the same colors. Among the accessoiies featuring red-white-and-blue stripes are the matching sets of belt, suspenders and garters, add a green sweater, which looks simply terrible, fellows. So the girls .went on, especially the black-haired one, who kept roll- ing and unrolling the sleeves of her latest sloppy cardigan. But there was one little plump girl who seemed to have a pretty cogent opinion on the whole situation. "Sloppy clothes or no sloppy clothes, they're still Michigan men," . she stated. "And that's enough for me!" The genus Garter, or Gartaris Americanus, as they call it, is worthy of particular attention from the well- dressed college man this spring. It's not a question this year of whether you want 'em or not-for they're a must, in the language of women fashion experts. Brilliant colors are the things too, especially in the new transparent plastics. Red, greens, blues, anything to add a little cheer to the lower ex- tremeties of American malehodd. Of course, when you stop and con- sider the why of it all, the obvious purpose is the holding up of the stockings. And they do this. So add a little dash of color to the latest in green and orange plaid stockings by suspending them with the newest in garters, which this year is the rubberized plastic job. Cool and not binding on the leg, they're a pleasure to wear and a joy to behold even on the most unaesthetic of limbs. Tips For Pressing Ties If you want to cut clown on press- ing bills, and keep your neckties in perfectly tailored trim, use a hot iron judiciously on them. Ties should nev- er be placed under an iron, but should be moistened with a damp cloth apd then held against the face of a hot, iron. This will remove wrinkles satisfactorily. r JV o t i i I A THE FINISHING TOUCH TO a4 aNEW SPRING 6'\TSEMBLE . - Z i& , :e 're they are herald- ing the approach of spring. Shining new handbas to complete thati new spring outfit. WILKINSON's have a beautiful new stock of hand- bags in all the new shades and styles-priced to fit any budget, there are bags from $1 to $55. There are some styled in Saddle leather-antique, black and sequoia, and others of Alligator in brown, plain or grained calf and all other colors. f A{IR BLUE That's the NEW COLOR in suitings for SPRING in Worsteds, Flannels, Shetlands, Tweeds and Gabardines. We feature AIR BLUE in stripes, glen plaids, herringbones and solid shades. Let TINKER'S custom tailor your Spring Suit in the new AIR BLUE. It's the new shade for Spring. 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