Sports clothing advances redefine golf and tennis attire
The article outlines new active wear trends for spring including shorts, sports shirts, and lightweight sweaters like cablestitch, used across golf and tennis. It notes gaucho style shirts rising in popularity, diverse fabrics from flannel to silk, and emphasizes slacks with generous cuts and bold patterned socks. It also lists leading golf footwear styles such as plain-toe brown, moccasin, white wing-tip, and saddle-strap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Hagen
Tommy Armour
Johnny Farrell
Comeback of the Neckband Shirt Gains Spring Traction
The soft collar neckband shirt returns with built on and chemically fused collars offering high perspiration resistance. Interest grows in neckband shirts paired with detachable starched or soft collars. Practical and fashion gains this spring forecast a renascence, led by solid color neckbands with white separate collars.
Fashionable Patterns Dominate Men’s Hosiery This Season
Hosiery designers push bold patterns including horizontal stripes tartans and checks in lisle half hose. Clocked designs remain popular with dark tones for contrast against lighter trousers while elastic tops aid busy commuters. Wool solid color and plaid slack socks round out the era’s versatile foot coverings.
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Rep
Hound’s
Macclesfield
Lisle
Difference Between Woolens and Worsteds in Carding
The text explains woolen and worsted production methods. Worsteds use parallel fiber alignment for a tight finish, while woolens are softer and looser with more nap. Unfinished worsteds dominate US suits, leaving the nap unfinished to avoid shine.
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United States
Air Passenger Traffic Doubles in U S From 1926 to Next Year
Air passenger traffic in the United States nearly doubles year over year, rising sharply from 1926 to the following year as air travel expands with increasing routes, airlines, and passenger demand.
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United States
Acetate Lining Regarded Highly for Suits
Tailors favor acetate yarn linings for suits as the best all around choice. It resembles silk with shine and smooth surface, wears longer than silk, and does not stick to the body when the garment is worn.
Fashionable Shetland jackets highlight country sportswear
The article surveys spring jacket fashion for sportsmen across regions. It praises bold patterned worsted shetlands, saxonies, and cheviots, plus plain gabardine in natural tones. It catalogs jacket cuts like gusset-sleeve, plain-back, panel back, and various back styles with vents and tucks.
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Middle West
East
Two-Color Stripes Revive Popular Suiting Trend This Year
Fashion analysis notes color striped suits gaining appeal with gray backgrounds and blue or red stripes. London origins spread to American tailors, with chalk stripes, herringbone mixes, and enlarged Glenurquhart plaids driving coordination with neckwear and shirting.
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London
Glenurquhart
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