LEGENDARY WEDDING GOWNS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 9004, 18 November 1907, Page 1

LEGENDARY WEDDING GOWNS.

Wedding gowns, whoso gloaming satin or silky crepe de chine folds picture some ancient legend or romance, will bo one of the pretty fancies of the autumn anil winter bride. Society brides (says The Express). before selecting the material and style of their frocks, will search the family archives for some talc of love or "war, which can bo woven m silver threads or embroidered in glittering sequins on their wedding dress.' The' fashion was started this year by a Scotch bride, wiio is a direct descendant of Kobort Bruce. She chose, as the trimming for her bridal robe, the legend of her great ancestor and the spider. Her white gown was embroidered witii delicate silver spiders’ webs, glittering with miniature moonstones. The same design bordered the tulle veil . The legendary wedding gown is one of the prettiest ideas wo have heard of,” a well-known Court dressmaker said to an Express representative recently. “Brides all over the world will welcome a new idea in bridal toilets, because no dress iu the trousseau is more difficult to select. Everybody is so tired of tiio conventional white satin. A pretty family legend will lr embroidered on one of our bridal gowns this winter. The story tells how a lord of the house was ridimr out to. fight for Bonnie Prime Charlie. As ho and his retinue rode over _ lie drawbridge, a poor girl came forward and offered him a sprig of white heather. This ho promised to wear as his talisman. The legend goes on to say that iu battle the white heather "shone like fire, and so blinded the eyes of the enemy that its wearer was preserved from harm. The bride’s gown, of white crepe do Chine, is to bo embroidered with sprays of white heather in silver sequins, and a coronet of real white heather will replace the conventional crown of orange blossoms.”