THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL.

Southern Cross, Volume 9, Issue 4, 27 April 1901, Page 11

THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL.

SOME OF HER DRESSES. A brief cabled description of the Duchess of Cornwall’s dress to be worn at the principal functions in the celebrations in Melbourne has already been published. For the benefit of lady readers tbe Melbourne Leader extracts from files received by a late mail the following description of six dresses to be worn by her Royal Highness : —‘ Among the Dutchess of Cornwall and York’s evening dresses for the tour is one in moire mousseline embroidered with flow-er-shaped applications of Chantilly lace finely worked with jet beads and bugles. A soft black satin dress has the skirt draped with a deep flounce of lace, caught at intervals with clusters of black cherries, and headed with narrow garlands of cherries. The bodice, crossing in softest folds to the left side, has the upper part arranged with jetted lace, and one of the short satin sleeves is trimmed with a bunch of cherries. A third evening dress of richest brocarb in a bold design has the skirt, which opens down tbe front, edged with jet on each side, over an underdress of black net, all softly ruched and frilled, there being a similar opening on each side, rising only as high as the knee. A dress of soft striped moire of princess shape, crossing over to the left from neck to hem, is bordered with a trimming of jet, which is continued round the edge of the skirt. Black gauze, embroidered with large sprays of carnations, composes yet another evening dress, whilst the sixth gown, of 1830 period, is in soft black moire •with a design of true lovers knots. The front of the skirt opens over folds of chiffon, and is trimmed with medallions worked in twists of black satin entirely bordering it, with knots of black |velvet ribbon sewn at each point where they intersect each other.’