plain-pleated

Updated: May 2, 2025

Elderly gentlemen content themselves with plain-pleated shirt-fronts and white ties, indulging even in wearing their watches in the old way, as fashion has reintroduced the short vest-chain so long banished. It is pleasant to see the old-fashioned gold chain for the neck reappearing.

Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood - Manners and Social Usages

The vests are cut very low, and exhibit a piqu, embroidered shirt front held by one stud, generally a cat's-eye; however, three studs are permissible. White plain-pleated linen, with enamel studs resembling linen, is also very fashionable. A few young men, sometimes called dudes no one knows why wear pink coral studs or pearls, generally black pearls.

Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood - Manners and Social Usages