THE BRIDAL TOILETTE

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 199, 23 May 1925, Page 15

THE BRIDAL TOILETTE

“PERIOD” FROCKS FOR MAIDS. The vogue for introducing colour-into the bride’s toilette is being adopted by all smart couturiers this season, says an English exchange. Dead white wedding gowns are gradually going out of fashion. Several brides recenttv have established a new mode by wearing no white at .all, their gown as well as the accessories being in colour. . Pink is the favourite shade for the modern bride; blue and oyster-grey nave a less degree of favour. A wellknown society bride of recent date, who was much admired, chose white lace embroidered over with pink crystals for her gown, pink tulle for her veil, and pink blooms for her bouquet. Numbers of brides have lately had their frocks made of white lace over pastel-coloured underdress. ’ The coloured veil and coloured lining for the train are innovations that nave generally been deemed a great success. Rose-tinted tips to orange blossom introduce a means ot success, fully blending the wreath with a rosecoloured veil. Very simple ornamentation holds the bride’s veil in place. Gem-studded, verv narrow wreaths are much .more in evidence than the lately fashionable diadem.

The choice of material for the bridal grown just now is left a good deal to the bride’s persona! decision. Besides lace, she may make a selection from crepe beaute, georgette, or the radiant panne which has the soft stieen of rich satin, and is so light and supple that the ordinary panne seems quite clumsy in comparison. _ A much-liked design for a wedding gown shows a long, beltless tunic cut about .eight inches shorter than an underskirt, which in many cases is ot silver tissue. A model ot ivory-grey, velvet-stamped georgette is made very much on these lines, except that ift this instance only a verv narrow hem of the silver tissue underskirt is revealed. The train is an essential complement of the up-to-date gown, being verv narrow, often coloured or lined with colour, and perhaps hemmed with gems.

The wedding bouquet, as we used to know it, has practicallv disappeared. A sheaf of lilies, long enough to lie all along the arm, may be carried; or to go to the other extreme, only a single bloom mav be ■ held by the bride. Prayer-hooka bound in gold kid, from which may hang an embellished or floral marker, frequently replace flowers.

The fashion for a retinue in “period” gowns is again in vogue. Silver frocks are often chosen for bridesmaids who follow a bride in a coloured gown. Green is fashionable, and so are materials in “shaded” tones. Myrtle edged caps were the pretty headdress worn bv the small trainbearers at a big London wedding recently.