THE WEDDING GUEST

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 February 1940, Page 8

THE WEDDING GUEST

SOME DRESS SUGGESTIONS. The main ingredients for success as a wedding guest are a sense of being dressed appropriately and knowing that your complexion is all that it should be. Accessories need not be a problem if you plan on a basic colour ground. Here are some suggestions:— Basic colour of suit or dress: Navy blue. Hat, gloves and bag: fuchsia, burgundy, or cyclamen. Hat veil: Cyclamen or fuchsia. Shoes; Navy suede or kid. Stockings: Nudetone. Flower: Rose or colour-toning carnation.

harmony: Pale peach face powder with fuchsia lipstick and rouge; blue eye-shadow and navy lash darkener; fuchsia nail varnish. Basic colour: Grey. Hat. hat veil, gloves, bag, shoes and coat (if worn): Navy blue. Stockings: Nudetone. Flower: White or shell-pink rose. Cosmetic harmony: Natural face powder with sky-blue-pink lipstick and rouge; grey-blue eye-shadow; shellpink nail varnish/ Basic colour: Pastel grey. . Gloves and bag, primrose yellow. Hat and shoes (no veil), pastel grey. Stockings: Henna. Flower: A spray of yellow orchids or lime-fruit and lime blossom spray. Coat: A deeper grey. , Cosmetic harmony: Peace face powder with rose-tan lipstick, a touch of rose-tan rouge, and a black lash darkener. Orchid nail varnish.

Basic tone: Black. Hat, gloves and bag, ivory white. .'

Hat veil: White spot veil. Stockings: Hawaiian. Flower: Gardenia or camellia. Shoes: Black patent or suede. Bolero or fitting jacket: White pique or faced cloth.

Cosmetic harmony: Deep rachel powder with stop-red lipstick. Sea-blue eye-shaddow and black lash-darkener. Clear red nail varnish.

Basic ground: Cyclamen or fuchsia print on black, white or blue ground. Hat. gloves, and bag: Following main theme of colour in print or the black or white or blue background.

Shoes: Black or blue suede or white buckskin.

Stockings: Nudetone. Flower: Posy of flowers following dress design. Cosmetic harmony: Natural powder, with mayflower pink lipstick. Silverblue eye-shadow with navy or black lash darkener. Cyclamen nail lacquer. Wear a make-up which is lasting and will not “cake” with repowdering. A vanishing cream is hardly permanent enough for this occasion. A “screen” base, if applied with a little water, will stay on the skin surface and will not .allow the pores to “show through” some hours later. Allow this to dry thoroughly before powdering. Or a liquid emulsion powder base will ensure a matt surface throughout the journey, ceremony and reception.

Presuming you will not be able to make up freshly during the day. take lipstick tissues in your handbag to remove the outer “edging” before applying new colour to the lips. A little vaseline applied over the lipsticked surface will help preserve the colour and lend the lips that coveted “glossy” appearance. Your hair should not be set the day before the wedding—it will be free of natural oils and not at all inclined to fall into style. Certainly, don’t leave a permanent wave until the day previously—the second “set” after a permanent wave is always better and more natural than the initial one.