An English writer, ridiculing the whims of Fashion, says:—
“To be in the fashion, an Englishman must wear six pairs of gloves in a day:
“In the morning, he must drive his hunting wagon in reindeer gloves.
“In hunting, he must wear gloves of chamois skin.
“To enter London in his tilbury, beaver skin gloves.
“Later in the day, to promenade in Hyde Park, colored kid gloves, dark.
“When he dines out, colored kid gloves, light.
“For the ball-room, white kid gloves.”
Thus his yearly bill for gloves alone will amount to a most extravagant sum.
In order to merit the appellation of a well-dressed man, you must pay attention, not only to the more prominent articles of your wardrobe, coat, pants, and vest, but to the more minute details. A shirtfront which fits badly, a pair of wristbands too wide or too narrow, a badly brushed hat, a shabby pair of gloves, or an ill-fitting boot, will spoil the most elaborate costume. Purity of skin, teeth, nails; well brushed hair; linen fresh and snowy white, will make clothes of the coarsest material, if well made, look more elegant, than the finest material of cloth, if these details are neglected.