THIS SEASON'S COURTS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 58, 10 March 1933, Page 11

THIS SEASON'S COURTS

BRITISH FABRICS AGAIN

Women commanded to the Boyal Courts at Buckingham Palace in May and June will be part of one of the most delicately portrayed pastel pictures it is possible to imagine, states a writer in the "Daily Mail." Enclosed within the magnificent scarlet and golden "frame" of the Throne Boom will appear debutantes in simple organdie frocks mado with quaint puff sleeves and other picturesque touches, all expressed in the soft tints found on the pallette of the watercolour painter; and older women wearing satin, lace, chiffon, and velvet in equally pale tones. Bold strokes of colour, provided by the uniforms and orders of members of the Diplomatic Corps and of the Boyal Household, will help to throw the delicate figures in the canvas into strong relief. Interesting names will figure in the long list of debutantes. Tho Marchioness of Crewe has a daughter, Lady Mary Crewc-Milnes, to present this year, and the, Countess of Cavan will take to Court Miss Daphne Mulholland, Jier daughter by her fir3t marriage. The wife of the new Italian Ambassador, Donna Antoinetta Grandi, will be presented in the official circle at the First Court, and a number of notable brides who have been married since tho end of the London season of 1932 will' make their curtseys "on marriage." All the materials which are being shown for Court dresses are of British manufacture. The Queen's dressmakers, stated recently'that they would specialise, as they did last year, on British fabrics for the Courts, and while the feathers used would be procured from South Africa, the tulle for tho veils would be British, as wo/.d the organdie, satin, chiffon, velvet, and lace.