GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHES.
Ease and adaptability of wear continue the governing principles for the tailor. The summer fashions usually take the direction of comfort, and a looser form, but this year both in the sleeves and body of the coat these tendencies are more to be observed than ever. The frock- coat is become also, as we predicted, decidedly a favourite, and has at last some pretension to fit the figure ; thus, in make, the beat tailors still have the advantage amongst customers who care to be well dressed. The skirts are longer than those of the old military length, the sleeves still of the " peg-top" character, and the vest remains as it has been for some time, reaching much beyond the fall of the waist. Variety of make is to be remarked in trousers "peg-tops" have passed away, as all singular shapes do, and the trouser is more generally ample and fuller from the knee than those previously noticed. It would be impossible to declare the prevailing colours; dusty grays and partridge browns, with a side stripe or ornamental pattern, in all tinges and shades, are commended; and the lighter stuffs, twills, jeans, and even nankeens, have been again asked for by the best houses. Along with the races and the dry weather has come the demand for light paletots, for which a material as fine as cashmere has lately been in vogue ; but till after Midsummer Day the summer clothing is as capricious as the weather itself, and cannot be said to have any fixity of purpose.
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