Frills Fads & Foibles

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 274, 9 February 1928, Page 5

Frills Fads & Foibles

BRIDES OF YESTERDA Y

Affect Old World Airs and Graces In Their Wedding Gowns

DAVIS—CARTER

St. Benedict’s Church was the scene of a very pretty wedding yesterday afternoon when Constance Lenore, elder daughter of the late Mr. T. Runciman Varter and Mrs. F. Barrett, of Symonds Street, became the bride of Mr. Stanley W. Davis, of Takapau, Hawke’s Bay. The bride, who entered the church on the arm of her uncle, Mr. E. BrooksClarke, chose a dainty frock of ivory georgette and crep de chine with basque bodice and slightly bouffant skirt. From the shoulder posy were ivory satin streamers, which threaded through the corsage spray of orange blossom and fell to the scalloped hem finishing with true lovers knots of orange blossom. An exquisitely embroidered veil, which fell in waves of billowy tulle to

form a train, was caught round the head with a coronet of orange blossoms and silver leaves. In addition to the shower bouquet of white blooms the bride carried a beautiful mother-of-pearl prayer book, the gift of the Sisters of St. Benedict’s. Miss Adelaide Carter was bridesmaid and wore a charming frock of Venetian-mist blue georgette appliqued with amethyst, the shoulder posy and streamers being of toned blue and amethyst. A head-dress of silver lame and blue tulle completed the toilette, and a bouquet of toned mauve flowers was carried. Little Faye Bradley was flower girl in a dainty dress of apricot georgette with embroidered flowers in opal blue, and blue tulle bow on her hair. A reception was afterwards held at the “Kalinga” Tea Rooms, where Mrs. F. Barrett, mother of the bride, received her guests wearing a graceful gown of Mexique blue marocain with silver-fawn vest and knife-pleated skirt. Her hat was of bois de rose crinoline straw, and she carried a posy of mauve-toned flowers. Among the guests were:— Mrs. E. Brooks Clarke, rose du barri marquisette and ecrue lace, beige-rose crin. hat with silver ospreys. Signora I. Costnatini, mignonette crepe faille, black hat with bird of paradise. Mrs. Bradley, jet black jersey silk, Chantilly lace, blue crin. hat. Mrs. J. B. Day, ashes of roses ninon frock and rose hat to tone. Mrs. A. Frost, mulberry crepe faconne, coffee lace, crin. hat to tone. Mrs. P. Foster, ivory crepe faille, black taffeta coat, black and white hat. Miss O. Clarke, ecru lace and georgette, scarab blue velvet centure, blue crinoline hat. Miss Elsie Edgar, lilac georgette, gold lace, mist blue hat. Miss Ena O’Brien, orchid crepe de chine, almond green crin. hat. Miss Ruth Frost, blush rose mariette, shell pink tagel straw hat. Miss Stella Morton, black satin beaute, inset with flame black taffeta hat. Miss Dorothy Newman, wistaria crepe de chine, mauve tagel straw hat. Miss Daphne Thompson, cream crepe alonza faced with eau de nil, cream silk hat. And many , others. Mr. H. AVright fulfilled the duties of best man, the Rev. Father Skinner being the officiating clergyman. When Mr. and Mrs. Davis left later, the bride’s travelling frock was of black and white mariette with ivory georgette, accordion pleated collar and cuffs. With this was worn a smart orchid crin hat. BRUNTON—HARVEY Powder blue crepe de chine was effectively inset with ecru lace to fashion the dainty frock worn by the maid who followed Miss Elizabeth Harvey down the aisle of St. Luke’s Church in Remuera yesterday afternoon when sh© was married there by the Rev. J. A. Thompson to Mr. Herbert Brunton. The bride, who was charmingly dressed in lace of exquisite weaving panelled with white georgette, is the daughter of Mr. G. Harvey, of Whangaparau, and the bridegroom is the third son of Mr. and Mrs. Brunton, of Leith, Scotland. Mr. J. Waddell gave the bride away and Mr. Ivor Thomas attended the bridegroom as best man. A veil of cobwebby tulle was worn by the bride and was daintily arranged under trails of orange blossoms, which finished at the sides with pretty clusters of the same bloom. She carried a beautiful shower bouquet of white flowers. The bridesmaid was Miss Edith Nobes and with her attractive blue gown she wore a hat of matching crinoline straw and carried a pretty bouquet of bronze-tinted flowers.

BERNARD—KENNETT

A pretty wedding took place in the Anglican Church, Te Kuiti, on Monday evening, when Doris, the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Kennett, of Te Kuiti, was married to Casement Leonard Bernard, eldest son of Mr. Bernard, of Dargaville. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Canon Kempthorne. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked charming in a dress of embossed georgette with a wreath of orange blossoms catching her tulle veil. She carried a shower bouquet. Three small sisters of the bride, Edith, Violet and Winnie, who wore dainty frocks of mauve pink and maize, crepe de chine respectively, with Dutch bonnets to match, acted as flowergirls. The bridesmaids were Miss Enid Bernard, sister of the bridegroom, who wore a pretty frock of opal blue taf-

fetas, with a rose-pink hat, and Miss Alva Tonkin, of Dargaville, who tvas dressed in geranium pink crepe de chine and wore a lace hat. Both carried shower bouquets. The bride’s mother wore a black marocain frock, with blue picture hat, and the mother of the bridgroom a brown repp coat frock and black hat. The bridegroom was attended by Mr. R. Falwasser, of Taumarunui, as best man, and Mr. J. Atkins, of Dargaville, as groomsman. Miss Drummond, of Dargaville, officiated at the organ. After the ceremony the wedding breakfast was served in the Parish Hall and the usual toasts were honoured. Dancing was indulged in until train time, when the young couple left for Wellington, where the honeymoon is being spent. SHREEVE—JONES Constance, the only daughter of Mrs. and the late Mr. Jones, of Blockhouse Bay, was an attractive bride when she walked down the aisle of St. Andrew’s Church yesterday morning to be married by the Rev. J. Lamb Harvey to Ernest, the fifth son of Mrs. and the late Mr. J. Shreeve, of Herne Bay. Her dainty wedding gown was made of sheer georgette of a creamy tint, and expressed its charm by way of a softly gathered skirt and the slenderest of bodices, to which a large flower of georgette was attached at the shoulder. Prettily embroidered tulle fell from a chaplet of orange blossoms to form a long train and she carried a sheaf of Madonna lilies and sweet peas. Miss Grace Jones and Miss Loma Knapping attended her, wearing chic frocks of georgette in delicate nuances of blue and rose pink respectively. They each wore a picturesque headdress of tulle to tone with their frocks and carried a bouquet of the shower persuasion of harmonising flowers. The bride was given away by her brother, Mr. Leslie Jones, and the bridegroom was attended by Mr. Frank Shreeve as best man and Mr. Arthur Shreeve as groomsman. HARRE—COLE The marriage of Miss Mavis Cole, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Cole, and Mr. Alfred Harre, of Ohakune, took place last week at St. John’s Church, Ohakune. The Rev. P. A. Stanley officiated at the ceremony and Miss V. Clemett played the “Wedding March.” The bride, who was given away by her father, looked charming in a dress of ivory crepe de chine and lace, trimmed with touches of silver and a diamante buckle. She wore a beautiful veil embroidered with silver, and carried a bouquet of white flowers. Miss Peggy Dinwirdie attended the bride as bridesmaid, and was smartly frocked in apricot crepe de chine. The bride’s mother wore a nigger brown costume with hat to tone, and the bridegroom’s mother was dressed in a henna repp coat frock. Mr. Les. Cole acted as best man. After the ceremony a reception was held at the residence of the bride’s parents, when about 30 guests were received. The bridegroom’s present to the bride was a beautiful pendant.