THE SPRING BRIDE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 August 1938, Page 10

THE SPRING BRIDE

FORECAST OF FASHIONS. VEILS OF SILK JERSEY. d ! 0 At a recent Paris wedding the bride, i s Mademoiselle Francoise Besancon de )f Wagner, daughter of Madame Maggy Rouff, the well-known dress designer, wore a flowing train-tip veil in finest white silk jersey. , r This break with tradition has arousy ed considerable comment and criticism h and though many spring brides will h doubtless remain faithful to tulle and a lace it is certain that this interesting i S lead will have an influence on wedding styles. ■- The jersey employed was an almost if sheer fabric little heavier than the finest silk stocking. The veil was draps ed over a medium high truncated cone - structure built •on medieval lines and I hung in clinging folds over the shouls ders and out to the end of the twoy yard train. The dress itself was in heavy mat t silk jersey, designed also on medieval ! > lines with a clinging body movement, r soft front draperies, and wide bell 1 sleeves. The high, draped neckline 1 formed a deep boat-shaped pleat across - the throat from shoulder to shoulder. ' The bride carried a single artificial 1 madonna lily on a very long stem. , The eight “demoisells d’honneur” wore Velasquez “Infante” dresses in \ heavy white satin broche featuring ; deep sheer yoke effects in white tulle and charming little pointed caps in heavy Persian embroideries in gold hraid and sequins set into a band of sable. Each bridesmaid carried a single artificial red rose on a long stalk. This use of artificial flowers at a wedding has excited as much comment as the jersey veil. The bride’s mother, Madame Besancon de Wagner (Maggy Rouff) wore a ground-length moulded gown in. ruby red velvet relieved by a high Russian toque, a cape and muff, in leppardskin. It is usual in French weddings for the bridesmaids to take a collection — starting with the bride and bridegroom the family, and the guests of honour — destined for the poor of the parish in which the wedding takes place. The pochettes used for this purpose are frequently designed to harmonise with the I bridesmaids’ dresses. At this particular ceremony they were embroidered in gold and sequins matched to the little pointed caps. I Each bridesmaid wore elbow-length I white kid gloves and white broche sat- I in shoes. Most of the guests wore long I light sand-coloured gloves in suede. I This is ..evidently the new shade for I glove wear this coming season. I Lace is very fashionable this season I and lends itself to the formal wedding I picture. Black lace used with pastel I lace, either pale pink or pale blue, is I very effective. I The older woman has the advantage I this season of colour schemes that be- I come her: all the fuchsia shades, all I the orchid shades,, all the hydrangea I shades; grey-blues, night blue, royal, I grey, turquoise, touches of cyclamen. I Younger guests can go all out on the I formal tailored afternoon suit theme, I developed in any of the fashionable I new silks: surah, twill, tie-silk, foul- I ard, reps —in plain or printed versions. I In the printed versions, considerable I novelty is obtained by the use of rever- I sible prints, one way being used for I the packet, the other for the skirt. Or I touches of the reverse side can be used I to line back revers, pocket flaps, cuffs. I Jabot-fronted blouses in sheerest lace, 1 tulle, organdie, are worn with these I suits. I For formal dresses of the wedding I guest type, a large range of delight- I fully youthful prints are shown this I season: multi-coloured effects in inser- I tion lace prints, broderie anglaise I prints, bow-knot prints, floral stripes, I wallpaper prints. Also a very new I range of heavy tulle prints that make I up delightfully for dressy afternoon I wear. Main-bocher shows an impor- I tant group of printed tulle dresses de- I signed on his new “schoolgirl”' line, I with full, bloused bodices, wide gather- I ed skirts over taffeta foundations, full I bishop’s sleeves. I A more sophisticated style and ad- I mirably suited to wedding wear is I sponsored by Worth. This consists of I a knee-length tunic coat in light tone I lightweight woollen —turquoise or cor- I al —fitted closely into the waist, the I flared basque bordered with black or I silver fox and worn over a plain wool I dress. This is a useful idea for half-sea- I son weddings. I Flower and ribbon trimmed hats are I lin the lead this season, and offer a gen- I erous choice to the prospective wed- I ding guest. Particularly indicated are I Agnes’s tiny straw shapes: trimmed I each with a single giant flower —an en- I ormous pansy, a single full-blown rose, I a lily. Watteau shapes, with flat, flower I or ribbon trimmed crowns, are suit- I able, too. I And then there are the new veil- I trimmed shapes becoming to all ages. I A tiny shape trimmed with a filmy I wisp of two-coloured cyclamen tulle I that veils the face, turns over the left I shoulder, and falls to the waist at the I back . . . could anything be more ap- I propriate to the wedding guest with ■ an obligation of smartness to fulfil? I