THE YOUNG BRIDE.

Auckland Star, 2 September 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)

THE YOUNG BRIDE.

WEDDING GOWNS OF WHITE SATIN. VEILS SHOULD BE OF TULLE. It is with justified effort that a girl seeks to make her wedding a perfect thing. It is the one masterpiece within every girl's grasp, states Lucien Lelong, tho French fashion expert.

The girl who selects June for her wedding is wise. It may be that tradition is responsible, but nevertheless "June bride" appeals more to the imagination than "Ijecember bride." Its conventionality is perhaps its greatest charm. This same adherence to convention should govern the colour, fabric and other phases of the wedding gown. There are very few who care to play traitress to childhood dreams of white satin and lace. My idea is a wedding gown designed on slim lines that mould the body, with any skirt fullness concentrated towards the back. There is a return to simple elegance in gowns chosen by brides. Trains that trail at least three feet are being favoured by many smart brides. Tho gowns I have in mind may be worn by any girl, regardless of her figure, if she adapts it to herself. The short girl would do well not to select a train too long in proportion to her height. That applies also to the abnormally tall girl. The slim reed of a girl may happily choose lustrous satin, but the girl built on more generous proportions would do well to select a soft mat crepe or lustreless satin that does not accentuate too highly her curves. I do not like too stiff or too hard satins, as they do not lend themselves to sculptural moulding. Though the last few seasons have seen a few fashionable brides in pale rose and ice blue, pure white has returned to favour this year. If you cannot wear dead white you will happily find that whites vary a good deal in tho new satins and crepes, from dead white tones to ones that approach ivory and orient pearls. If you are not the proud possessor of a wedding veil handed down through your family, you should choose one of tulle. Veils, like frocks, trail on tho floor to the same lengths. Your veil may be bordered with fine,'handmade lace and hang from a little tulle cap or diadem arranged so that the brow is shown to the hairline. You may wear gloves or not. As most of the wedding gowns have long, rather tight sleeves, gloves are not necessary. White roses or orchids are a happy choice. They can be arranged in a cascading bouquet, a round mass of bloom, or even the tiniest of nosegays. For bridesmaids' gowns I like plain dull crepes or semisheer fabrics in rose shades, that may be tho delicate yellow or pink of the tea rose or the glorious red of the American beauty. Or frocks may be in print, combining these tints. Those frocks should have ankle length skirts and be made- upon simple, slender lines, with skirts gracefully full but not bouffant. They may have either puffed, elbow length sleeves or be sleeveless, and worn with a bertho-like capelet. The slippers should match as far as possible the gowns in fabric and colour, and the bridesmaid may wear capelines of straw banded with the fabric of their frocks, or if their frocks are in print the hats may be entirely of matching print. For the mother of the bride I suggest an instep length gown of printed blue and white chiffon, such as I have made for the Princess of Greece. If the bridesmaids wear printed frocks, tho choice of the mother should be a plain frock, preferably in somo sheer fabric like georgette. Both beige and grey are ideal colours.