VICTORIAN BEAUTIES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21987, 23 June 1933, Page 14

VICTORIAN BEAUTIES

A remarkable exhibition of the portraits of famous beauties was held in London recently. One thing which struck an observer was that many of the dresses appeared quite fashionable judged by modern standards. The white tulle dress, with white roses stuck here and there on the skirt, is very like those favoured by some of the modern society girls, and the white satin Princess dress worn by the Duchess of Portland in the portrait painted by Sargent differed little from piany of the Princess evening dresses made to-day. Violet, Duchess of Rutland, still wears a cap headdress of the kind shown in her portrait by Shannon. One of the loveliest of the portraits was that of Mary, Lady Curzon of Kedleston, lent by her daughter, Lady Ravensdale. John Charlton’s picture, lent by Lord Spencer, of the Empress Elizabeth of Austria, on her favourite hunter, did not show a great deal of the Empress, but quite enough to enable one to realise, states an English paper, to what great advantage a well-cut, old-fashioned riding habit showed off a beautiful figure.