MRS. WOODROW WILSON'S WEDDING DRESS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2670, 17 January 1916, Page 2

MRS. WOODROW WILSON'S WEDDING DRESS

For her wedding to President Woodrow Wilson, Mrs. Gait worp her travelling dress, a black silk velvet gown with a picture hat of black beaver, with 110 trimmings whatever except one feather slightly upturned' on the left side. At her throat she wore the President's wedding gift, a magnificent diamond brooch. The skirt of her gown was of walking length and cut on full lines. The waist had silken embroidery of blue, shading from the deep tones of royal blue to delicate shades of pastel: and was threaded with silver. • The lower part of the waist was embroidered on black net over a band of silver in tho design of lilies,' below which was a girdle of black velvet. The sleeves of the gown were of black net, fashioned in tiny tucks with long, bell-shaped cuffs of embroidered velvet, which came well down over , the hand. Her collar, which was high and upstanding, was of black lace. When she left on her honeymoon journey Mrs. Wilson wore over her gown a fur coat of broadi-tail, with bands of Yukon, and muff to match. She wore a chinchin collar. Miss Margaret Wilson, the President's eldest daughter, wore a sapphire blue velvet gown . with sa.pphire and velvet trimmings. Mrs. William G. M'Adoo, his youngest daughter, wore blue sillc brocade, with fur and silver trimmings. Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, his third daughter, wore rose charmeuse, with cream lace. Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, the President's cousin, wore yellow silk and gold. Mrs. Boiling, the bride's mother, wore a. costume of richly jetted net over an underskirt of satin a.'pplitjued in king blue. _ A short train was caught at the left side of the girdle with a cluster of pink crushed roses. Sho wore old cameos, set in pearls, which sho wore as a . bride. ,