A Beautiful Wedding Gown

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 288, 25 February 1928, Page 21

A Beautiful Wedding Gown

The Charm of Delicate Colours For the Bride

Ideas for the Veil... Three Trains For

For The Dress

For a long while now I have been wanting to find a really lovely wedding dress to describe for you, and aftei much searching I found a really beautiful one. In my opinion it is just perfection, for though it is modern in its simple, slim outline and skilful workmanship, its antique design gives it the touch of romance and poetry a wedding dress should have. This is an occasion when it isn’t enough to be iust “smart”—for once, it is more important to make a beautiful picture. The dress is made of the softest Possible gold tissue, quite fairylike in its fineness, but yet with a certain substance, as it has to be embroidered at the neck and wrists with gold and pearls The bodice is close-fitting to the waistline, which is only a shade lower than the normal one. The skiit opens over an underskirt of lace beautifully embroidered in gold and pearls, and mounted on flesh-pink chiffon, binder this, again, is a slip of flesh-pink crepe de chine. The skirt has a train, but not a very lo ne one—it is, in fact, the shortest, for this bride wears no fewer than three' The second is a straight, narrow one, which hangs from her shoulders and is an absolute work of art. It is of white tulle —a strong tulle, with a very wide mesh —richly embroidered in silver, and mounted, like the underskirt, on flesh-pink chiffon. (The use of this coloured chiffon is one of the cleverest touches in the costume, it gives a sort of warm, becoming glow to the whole.) On her head the bride wears a lovely head-dress which is in front a lace cap, again embroidered in gold and pearls, with clusters of orange blossom jjl each side. At the back it consists of an extremely long piece of white tulle, gathered on to the cap by a frill across the top of the head, which makes a frame for the face, and flowing loose

to make the longest of the three trains. These give grace and dignity to the dress, without taking away the soft and ethereal look which is its charm. The bride is to carry a sheaf of lilies, tied with a piece of gold tissue, and ought, I think, to look the loveliest thing imaginable. Her bridesmaids cannot complain of being neglected, however, for their dresses of soft pale pink satin, embroidered in silver and crystal, are very and their little caps, enchantingly becoming. The dresses are a few inches below the knee in front, and quite long at the back, as this gives a more graceful effect when they are seen from the back during the actual ceremony. Their caps are of lace over tulle, the pattern of the lace outlined in silver, and the side-pieces embroidered in pale pink beads to match the frocks. Every bride wants to look her best on this day of all days; those who have misgivings about the “hardness” of satin, or the “tryingness” of an all-white dress, could not do better than take a suggestion from this colour-scheme.