THE BRIDAL VEIL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1057, 21 February 1911, Page 9

THE BRIDAL VEIL.

p This conventional portion of the j Glide's wear on the wedding day has held good for so long that the length of time can. hardly be recalled. At last this ono and only. mode has been successfully broken through,' and tho changes have . been received in England, France, and ' America with approval, so,they must be good, says an Australian writer. ' The innovations are mainly duo to the present adaptable styles in dress, the craze for originality now so stronglv favoured being a great factor, but most important of all is the striving to get away from the every-dav aspect, when brides in all stations of 'life are attired : on one pattern, grade of qualtiy in 1 material used being tho onlv difference L The bridal .veil as it is to-day allows of a freedom and 'departure from custom \ not experienced before. American brides . havo brought about -the change, they being the first to. venture to modernise the-aspect of, the bridal veil, and their example is now being followed by English and French brides. When the idea was first adopted a ] great deal of varying judgment was pa6s- . Ed upon the innovation. Those with > the latest modern ideas at their fingeri tips approved, but thoso who held "that , there were certain of our fashions that i could never bo changed for the better" : , looked upon the model with something; , like, horror. To those dingers to the "good old days" pictures-fineness appeals, and not in vain, so that they, are now in ono with the modern advocates and hold 'that a bride can wear her veil in th-s .style that becomes her best, so long as it docs n6t in any way veil tho face. Already we arc told the various modes ; of; wearing the bridal veil arc so'numerous'as to be inexhaustible. In fact, it is characteristic of to-day's brido >to deviso somo fresh way of wearing the now decreed and world-wide change. The nlniost banishment of tull* has accompanied this wave of independence Lac?, in any and every make, is the substitute. This can be real or imitation, and as far as the latter is concerned, it is by rtasan of its beautiful and careful manufacture almost as idealistic as tho rarer quality, arid is only a third of the cost. "At the same time, it is sufficiently expensive to make it prohibitive to. the masses. To a great extent is much to ' favour this adoption of lace for the bride's veil. Unliko tulle, it has become a valued possession, not only from a sentimental point of .view, but from the' view of having quality as a return for outlay. This can nsver bo applied to tulle, nnd, after all is «<\id and done, it never looks anything like lace. At ono tinio the lace veil was not populor, for the reason that a portion always veiled tho, face, with tho conpeauence that some part or other, of. the esign appeared in ono eye or on the point of tho nose, with very ridiculous and/quite ugly effect. The most popular form of'wearing tho lace veil in America amis in England is in the form of a mob- ■ capi" largo in shape, with a wreath, of orange-blossom,,, encircling the crown. - .iho-mt of the'Veil'being allowed to'fall down the.back. A favourite modern England nt the present time is to hold the veil to the hair by a filet or'circlet of myrtle and orange-blossom, the small flat arrangements of tho flow«rs holding it in placo at cither end. In both fashions the arrangement of the hair has much to do with the beoomingness of tho veil. In the case of tho fil«t the hair is dressed quite flat; but, where tho cap is adopted, tho hair is dressed in small puffs, to fill in the crown, their pretty arrangement being quite visible . through its., transparent meshes. . These two instances depict what is and has been worn, and that is all the more reason why prospective brides should think out some fresh development. Tho departure would be full of interest to wedding guests, who/would be afforded a further pleasure at- weddings of studying the original inspirations of brides.'