ATTIRE FOR RIDING, DRIVING, TRAVELING, YACHTING, AND LOUNGING
RIDING
The Head.—Black derby for winter. Brown derby for summer.
A cord is attached to the hat, which may be loosened and made fast to a body-coat button.
Same style of derby as that used for morning wear. The silk hat may be worn for formal riding when without the top-coat.
The Hand.—Dark tan gloves or gauntlets, same as morning wear.
The Foot.—Riding boots or shoes are worn, according to taste of wearer.
The leathers used are patent or enamel.
Spurs of nickel or silver plate are worn.
The crop is always carried. This is silver mounted, and any selected wood.
The Body.—A four-button, single-breasted cutaway of any selected material and pattern—not black—is the proper body-coat. Very short skirts. Waistcoat same, or selected material. High cut; single-breasted.
Trousers.—They may be long, with straps.
They may be short—just below knee—buttoned at side and baggy above knee. Riding boots or leggings are worn with the knee-breeches, while with the trousers laced shoes are worn. The leggings are made to button, strap, or hook. The most stylish leggings are of the same material as the breeches.
Trousers or breeches should be of some light pattern; material should be strong. They are lined on the seat and inner side of legs with chamois skin.
For evening rides, as in academies, the black silk top-hat, white suéde gloves, single-breasted, black, cutaway body-coat, and strap trousers of the same material. Spurs and crop may be worn.
For elderly men the black body-coat and strap trousers may be worn during the day.
DRIVING
Morning wear is worn for morning drives.
Afternoon drives, if formal, afternoon dress is worn.
The same rule holds good when you handle the ribbons, as when the coachman occupies the box.
The driving overcoat is only worn in the box seat.
TRAVELING
Morning wear is the proper dress for all travel, be it on ocean or land.
Sack suits, double or single breasted, are exceedingly stylish and comfortable. Dark colored material is doubtless the best, as it does not show the dust and wear of travel. Heavy cloths for winter and light weights for summer travel.
YACHTING
This is worn on board ship any time of year. For visiting on shore, a day or so, it may be worn, if your temporary home is the yacht. Heavy material for winter, and light weights for summer.
Head.—The proper head apparel is the yachting cap. This may be made in white or blue flannel, serge, or white canvas.
The yachting cap is for morning, afternoon, or evening wear, in port or at sea.
The Hand.—For all formal affairs on board ship, white suéde gloves are worn. In winter or summer, tan kid gloves may be worn with yachting attire.
Foot.—Either a blue or white canvas laced shoe or tie, with rubber soles, for day wear.
For summer evening wear, white suéde or canvas ties. For the same in winter, evening dress-shoes.
Body.—For day wear, the double-breasted, sack body-coat. This may be blue or white flannel, or serges in blue or white. Brass buttons are generally used.
Waistcoat.—This may match the body-coat in material and color, and cut, or not, as the wearer desires.
Trousers.—These always match the body-coat in material and color.
White canvas suits may be worn, but they are coarse and clumsy.
White trousers may also be worn with a blue body-coat.
For formal occasions, evening wear on a yacht consists of evening dress, as on land.
The silk negligé shirt is worn for day wear, if preferred to linen.
The ties for day wear are four-in-hands and cravats, self-tying.
These are in silk, either white, black, or blue, flowered, figured, or solid colors.
De Joinvilles, also, tied in bow knots, are worn.
LOUNGING
This dress belongs strictly to the summer months; it is never worn in the city.
The Head.—For day wear there is the white split straw, with white or black silk bands.
Also, the yachting cap, in white or black. This is made of flannel, or a material matching the lounging suit.
These hats are worn for tennis, walking, driving, riding, day receptions, lawn parties, etc. However, these hats are never to be worn in the city.
The Hand.—White suéde gloves are worn with lounging suits, when walking or driving.
The Foot.—White canvas, white suéde, tan or white buckskin, and patent leather ties, are worn with lounging suits.
For tennis, and games on the lawn, canvas, or suéde, or buckskin shoes, or ties, with either felt or rubber soles, are used.
Have these shoes fit, and look as neat as possible.
The Body.—First the material—this may be serge or flannel—though the latter is out, for the reason that it is more heating than serge—these are always full white.
It consists of a long or short sack body-coat, waistcoat, and trousers. The body-coat may be single or double breasted.
The waistcoat may match the body-coat in cut and material or not. Fancy patterns may be used.
Trousers are always the same material and color as the body-coat.
Have the cut loose, and almost flowing.
The trousers may have a stripe at the side. No pockets.
Lounging suits may also be made up in some selected pattern, as small checks or narrow black stripes. But there is nothing so rich as the solid white lounging suit.
The sash or kummerbund.—The length is from four to five yards. Always tie your sash—never wear those cheap, common made-ups.
A sash may be worn any time of day. The material is always silk. Never wear any but solid colors. Black silks and white silks are the most elegant and correct.
Sashes of maroon or dark blue are sometimes worn. The ends hang over the left hip, and should be evenly tied. The sash is worn with a lounging suit, morning wear, afternoon dress, and evening dress.
The white sash is worn with a white lounging suit and evening dress only.
The negligé shirt is made of silk, or cheviots. However, this is no longer worn by young gentlemen of fashion.
A word about this shirt—it is doubtless very comfortable, and can be worn longer than linen, but it is not as cool as linen, nor does it look as well about the neck.
