OCR Text |
Show Men's hats, boots step ahead in new fall styles Shaping, with full curled brim, dipping front anil generous crown, is dress-up hat story for men this fall. By Dobbs. Texture that gleams is the trend in velour and long-hair casual hats this season. Here, a "North Country Coun-try Beaver." Bv Dobbs. Shaped lines for sophistication, sophisti-cation, new colors for verve that's the story in men's fall hats. Wider brims and fuller crowns contribute to shape, while colors for dress hats include brighter grays, soft blues and bronze shades. 1 Still livelier are dark olives, .deep wines, sparkling golds. Band trims often add still another bright touch of color. Textures, whether in felt, .velour or long-hair fabrics, trend to the velvety, silky and gleaming. Combinations of tweed and suede, and leather and suede make news in casual hats. A new fabric entry is corduroy, plain or printed. ) Weather-resistant pocket hats come in colors matched to raincoats. The focus for fall is on men's feet, and they can bet their boots on that. Boots and boot-look shoes, whether slip-ons, ties or moccasins, otter comfort, style and durability. dura-bility. Toelines remain on the , broad side, sometimes built up or "walled" and occasionally occasion-ally still rounded off in a knobby shape. American leathers making ijup the new collections in-l in-l crude grained, smooth, an-f an-f tiqued, cordovan, waxy and brushed textures, plus glove, i split cowhide, embossed, ani- line, suede and new glazed "wet look" leathers. Slip-ons show off high-rise tongues for a bootish air. Medallion toes, side and tur-Jteneck tur-Jteneck goring, perfed bor-l bor-l tiers, monk-siraps are other li features. j Trim is of a more refined I nature than that used in past I seasons. p The brawny leather boot jj itself is ready for service in 3 town, suburb and country. 3 There are demi-boots and j jodhpurs for office wear, Slip-ons of smootli leather sport u high-rut tongue, full squared toe and silver mesh strap. They're by Stacy-Adams. toelines, brass studs, heavily stitched or wheeled extension exten-sion soles offer variety. Major moc styles include hand-sewns, moc-boots, tassel tas-sel ties, beefroll mocs and welted brogue types, many well-hardwared with brass plates, studs, rivets. Drmilioots step handsomely around fall. These, in polished smooth leather, have monk-strap. By Johnston & Murphy. demi-boots for evening and rugged boots and chukkas for outdoors-ing it through fall and winter. Leather1 brogues and oxfords ox-fords show both traditional and novelty stylings. Perfs, pinking, wing-tips are planned plan-ned to please the traditionalist, tradition-alist, while very squared-off |