THE PRINCESS AS A MILLINER.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3846, 14 November 1883, Page 4

THE PRINCESS AS A MILLINER.

Ever since the Fishery Exhibition, yvhen the Princess of A Vales appeared at the fair in a simple dress and small capote bonnet trimmed by herself, the English milliners and modistes—every man and woman of them—have experienced tho liveliest indignation. BAt this Avar in their hearts will not produce a revolution, or in the least offset the example the royal lady chooses to set. Knglish yvmueii. adore their Princess, and will certainly adopt such styles as she mayintroduce or acknowledge.

Nor will the effect of the simple toilets of tho Princess of Wales be confined to the clear-coinplcxioued daughters of Britain. AVitli the growing tendency among fashionable circles in New York for everything English, it is safe to conclude that English styles of dress yvill prevail to a great extent here during the fall and winter season. Of course our oyvn dressmakers and milliners yvill fight an innovation that means a loss of dollars and cents to them, but many ladies yvill welcome it just for the novelty of the tiling, and surely it will prove a blessed boon of comfort to innumerable heads of families yvith recent unpleasant Wall street experiences in memory.

Ample proofs jiave been given since the advent of that innocent little capote bonnet, which first fired the English milliners' hearts Avith revolt, thai tho Princess is defermined on a new order of things, and that her example is already doing its perfect Avork. She appeared in a Avhite muslin dress, simply trimmed Avith lace, and yvcaring a small white bonnet, at a garden party given by the Prince and herself at Marlborough. The ladies in attendance, for the most part, yvere attired iv short morning dresses. The Princess and daughters yvoro crimson cashmere dresses, yvith Jersey bodies, black silk stockings, and high boots. At the Goodwood mooting, Avherc heretofore plain toilets have been few and far between, the Princess yvoro a dress of dark navy-blue silk, exceedingly plain and devoid of ornamentation, and a black straw bonnet simply adorned yvith a small plume of bright scarlet feathers. Even yvhen the occasion is such as to demand an elegant toilet, simplicity of style characterises it. An instance of this is the toilet yvorn by the same royal lady at tbe recent drawing-room, yvhero she presided. This Avas a yvhitc velvet and Avhite satin trimmed yvith small pearls : the train yvas of the same materials and drayvn together yvith while roses resting on green leaves.