THE COURT DRESS OF LADIES.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5366, 8 June 1878, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE COURT DRESS OF LADIES.

. A.. notice appeared in the , Xiondon • daily . papers which runs as follows : “■ The Lord Chamberlain is commanded to give notice that, in the same manner that gentle-, men are required to appear in uniform or Court dress at her Majesty’s Levees, .ladies who attend' her Majesty’s Drawing Booms must ! appear in v full 1 Court dress,; with-trains and: plumes according ■to regulation—that ■ is, : so that the feathers can bo ; clearly seen on l approaching the Queen/'and with whiter veils or ; lappets. l Colored 'feathers are;[ Contrary, to regulation, but; in deep; mourning .black feathers may be worn.!’ ,< j I .&■» The .coloring of the feathers of headdresses in one . which the order indicates, and; the arrangement of the plumes iaanotber.,; Every-' body is familiar frompjetureswith the .towering feathers which vverq considered correct ‘in the days when her GraCibMMajeaty assumed, the sceptre.' Etiquette is ! of Supreme ’import- 1 ancel at 'Court. ;, The; “ nodding plumes’ ’ will once more wave over each head, whether it be’ young and graceful or very much the contrary and the So vefeigu’s eye wiU be gratified by the desired unity J of effect. Trama,.plumes, veils, jand. lappets .will now, at the, Queen’s Drawing Rooms, be brought under strict regulation,. Thedate artistic’ dress have gone' beyond the' line of decorcus it has been felt that Bdihetliipg' definite must-be ordered! "White and black .are alone to appear in’ the future in the pjumes .which Court-regulations decree shall’bel worn. • ...; Modern Court dress for ladies is already ex-' tremely trying.; A costume suitable for evening gatherings is inappropriate l for: afternoon 1 assemblages.' The uniform, and Court dress worn by gentlemen is appropriate in, any hour of the day ; but the. dresses in which ladies, appear at ‘ Court are singularly unsuited for morning hours.' Court dresses of any degree 1 of gorgeousnoss could perfectly well be invented 1 which'should yet be suitable' to daylight hours and to the conditions of long waiting to , pwhioh ladies are exposed on their way to pay respects to the Quesm . One may imagine what might, be; ladies have.to do ; with what is. The ppmmand has been issued,, and, must per- ■ .taiulybeubeyed.— Queen. >:c.