MOON RAYS ON BLUE SEA

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 928, 22 March 1930, Page 26

MOON RAYS ON BLUE SEA

FAMOUS ARCHITECT’S DAUGHTER HAS ORIGINAL IDEAS ' MISS LUTYEN’S BRIDAL REGALIA From Our Own Corresposdent LONDON,' February 21. A London wedding that looked like a beautiful picture by moonlight, with the silver and blue gowns of the bride and her retinue suggesting the rays of the moon on a wonderful blue Italian sea, took place in St. Margaret's, Westminster, on Thursday, February 20. : The bride was Miss Edith Mary Lutyens. the daughter of the designer of the London Cenotaph, the famous architect, Sir Edwin Luytens, and the bridegroom was Mr. Anthony Sewell. NO REAL FLOWERS i Another unusual point in this most I artistic of this season’s London wedi dings was that not a single real flower appeared, not even at the altar. This, with, the moonlight effect, helped to convey the aloofness and unreality of I a picture. ; The scene in front of the altar was j reminiscent of the Italian churches. Copies oU the little stiff groups of I lilies that St. Joseph always holds, I held upright intsead of down, were j carried by the bridesmaids. PAINTED EUCALYPTI'S j Then there were unreal flowers, j painted blue, with silver leaves, and long trails to decorate the altar, while the bride and bridegroom stood between two eucalyptus trees, the leaves of which were painted silver on one side and blue on the other, so that they looked as if the wind were disturbing them. Two tall blue alabaster vases completed a very original scheme evolved by floral decorations, and their contents gave one the impression of large branches of silver and blue flowers and leaves. The heads of the bride and her two little maids, Misses Nancy Jean Leslie and Laureen Jones, were crowned with jewel-like crystal headdresses. BRIDE’S CRYSTAL CROWN ! The bride’s crystal silver crown, of exquisite workmanship, had delicate ! crystal flowers at the sides, giving an earring effect. A veil of pale blue tulle fell from the crown, over a blue velvet train, the latter slung from the shoulders of her long, straight and rather tight gown, which was cut on severely classical lines. SILVER TRUMPETS Five heralds, in shining suits of silver and blue, carrying silver trumpets, with blue standards, gave a last gallant touch to the bridal retinue, and each of the small boys was a relative of the bride. Lady Emily Lutyens, the bride’s mother, was chieflj’ concerned before the wedding, lest ; any of the young attendants should i find himself unable to resist the tempj tation of blow’ing his splendid silver i trumpet before ho left the church —or j worse—during the actual ceremony.