Bright Courts

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6910, 16 May 1929, Page 11

Bright Courts

THE ROYAL COURTS THIS YEAR AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE WILL BE THE MOST SPECTACULAR POB YEARS. GRACEFUL DRESSES In women’s dresses, frills and furbelows have become fashionable again, and straight lines havo been replaced by the curves of femininity. The court curtsey will no longer be an agony. Long full skirts with draperies will enable nervous debutantes to perform it with grace and distinction. As they sink on the floor their frilled skirts will float out around them like the petals of a full-blown rose. Debutantes are largely using supplesatins and fine crepe de chines, but chiffons, georgettes, mousselines de soic, and tulles are most popular and especially adaptable. The full ancient-mod-ern skirts composed of multitudinous tiny frills with clever adaptations of tho crinoline and panniers fit closely at the hip and dip back at the sides forming an uneven hemline. The frocks arc composed of layers of different colours, such as pale pink superimposed on rose over blue, and orchidmauve over dilphinium blue, giving the loveliest effects. Slim Bodices; The bodices are slimly cut and trains are pearled or embroidered with feathery sprays of diamento. Headdresses are most varied. Wide jewelled bandeau enable girls with shingles to attach bunches of curls over the ears and at the back of the head. Little caps of pearls and lace are also worn or bouquets of circular flowers arranged in circles in colours to match the dress. Fans of ostrich plumes and eagle's feathers arc popular.