The best walking costume for a non-professional Victorian man is a suit of tweed (материал твид), ordinary boots, gloves not too dark for the coat, a scarf with a pin (булавка) in winter, or a small

Walking Suits:

1863 Walking Suit

The best walking costume for a non-professional Victorian man is a suit of tweed (материал твид), ordinary boots, gloves not too dark for the coat, a scarf with a pin (булавка) in winter, or a small tie of one color in summer, a respectable black hat and a cane (трость). The best substitute (заменитель) for a walking-stick is an umbrella. The main point of the walking-dress is the harmony of colors. The walking-dress should vary according to the place and hour.

In the country or at the sea-side a straw hat (соломенная шляпа) may take the place of the beaver hat. But in the city where a man is supposed to make visits as well as lounge in the street, the frock coat of very dark blue or black, the white waistcoat are almost indispensable (обязательны). Very thin boots should be avoided at all times, and whatever clothes one wears they should be well brushed (чистить щеткой).

The shirt, whether seen or not, should be quite plain. The scarf, if simple and of modest colors, is perhaps the best thing worn round the neck; but if a necktie is preferred it should not be too long, nor tied in too stiff (туго) a manner. The cane should be extremely simple, with no gold head, and yet for the town not rough, thick, or clumsy.

The frock-coat (сюртук) should be loose, and a tall well-built man may throw it back. At any rate, it should never be buttoned up. Great-coats should be buttoned up, of a dark color, not quite black, longer than the frock-coat, but never long enough to reach the ankles.

The frock-coat, or black cut-away (однобортный сюртук), with a white waistcoat in summer, is the best dress for making calls.

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