CURZON WEDDING

Hokitika Guardian, 17 July 1920, Page 4

CURZON WEDDING

ATTENDED BY TWO KINGS AND QUEENS. LONDON, -May 12.

The presence of the King and Queen and the King and Queen of the Belgians and the bride’s tempered defiance of time-honoured convention, added to the public interest in the wedding yesterday of Lady Cynthia Curzon, daughter of the Foreign Secretary, and Mr Oswald Mosley, M.P., at the Chapel Royal, St. James’s Palace.

The King and Queen received a popular welcome. The Queen wore a lovely gown of saxe-blue colouring embroidered with bends and had a grey toque.

The King and Queen of the Belgians received a very cordial reception. The Queen, in her pale grey crepe de Chine gown, copper-red broche velvet cloak, and a toque of black and gold striped tissue, looked exceedingly well. Lady Cynthia Curzon was not only defying superstition by marrying in May (supposed to be an unlucky month), but also wore a bridal dress with green in it, despite the sinister ban on that colour.

Her exquisitely simple gown, made by Molyneux, in Paris, is of white crepe beaute, and has a train of Court length embroidered with lilies in silver and pearls. Pearls were at one time held to be symbolical of tears. The gown is further embellished with pale green leaves. The bridesmaids also are to wear gowns of a beautiful eau de nil shade.

THE TROUSSEAU. A favourite colour of the bride is blue, and in her trousseau are many variations of this colour, including a soft powderblue, a greenisli-blue like old turquoise, and periwinkle. A summer frock of periwinkle blue French muslin has a sash of pale lilac muslin, and to wear with it there is a lilac crinoline hat, with blue picot ribbon to trim it and a wreath of peri- J winkle flowers flowing over the brim. p Every trousseau of modern date has its knitted suit. Lady Cynthia’s grey silk knitted one comprises a skirt and jumper, and, in addition, a three-quart-er length neglige coat and cap to match. Tlie cap is very novel in design. It folds

round the head and is fastened at one side with ail old brooch. A toque made of white satin ribbon lias an antique black Spanish lace scarf draped carelessly round it, with one end falling far over the frock to which the toque is allocated. This frock is a simple black crepe de chine, one with rippling frill panniers to break the long, straight lines. Another much-frilled frock, made of putty-coloured crepe de chene, is to be worn with a big black lace hat. The evening dresses and tea frocks, distinguished by most effective colour schemes, include a frock of lilac-mauve ehameusc with a Columbine skirt of mauve net, over which tails a trail ot delicate flowers in Watteau shades of mauve pink and blue, headed by a circle of blossoms. As one by one, the girl bridesmaids arrived and, finally, the bride herself with her father, Lord Ourzon, it was realised that this was to he indeed a lily wedding. LILIES AND WHITE HEATHER. The bridesmaids looked like river nymphs in their frocks of translucent green ehilfbii, made all in petals, one falling over another. Water-lilies wreathed their heads, and their waists were girdled to match. Lilies-of-thc-Valley in bunches were carried by eaeli child.

The little page hoy wore white silk hose and a white satin tunic, hemmed with pearls arid silver. The bride was the crowning beauty, in her white gown with arum lilies wrought in silver and green silks, lilies supporting her pearlhemmed veil. A sheaf of them, too, was in .her hand. Lady Ourzon, the bride’s mother, wore a beautiful toilette of ivory lace over black, with a broad blue sash tied at one side. One observed at tlie wedding, which with its decided green “note” defied superstition, one touch of deference to tlie Fates. At the end of the ceremony, while the children of tlie Chapel Royal were singing, the bridesmaids distributed to the guests bunches of white heather tied up with silver ribbon. Among the summer-like toilettes that were worn grey was a noticeable colour, and also a very pale shade of mole. A striking dress was a Spanish one of black and white crepe, very deeply fringed, and worn with a blue hat, beneath the brim of which a rich pink rose was tucked. Miss Bonar Law was wearing a cloak of the now modish bright blue, and Lady Salisbury a grey one. Some very fine furs were worn with the most diaphanous toilettes. Pearls were the chief jewels.