THE BRIDAL VEIL.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 334, 4 March 1915, Page 4

THE BRIDAL VEIL.

SILVER BAY LEAVES FOR THE WREATH.

" The bridegroom was in khaki, the bride in the regulation white toilette with a beautiful lace veil worn in the cap manner.' y We are used to this description now, and think 110 bridegroom ever looked more manly than the one in khaki, nor no bride more appropriately gowned than the one in white.

Many brides are wearing Ordinary day toilettes. Many are obliged'to do so, for their weddings are arranged very hastily. But when a girl can get her regulation wedding dress she does. " v The very little bride who is marrying the very tall man will look well with a high wreath surmounting her lace veil. The orange blossom can be made to rise in the centre like the classical laurel wreath, and very pretty it will look.

Instead of flowers, bay leaves are lilted in silver or green tissue, and it is amazing how much chance is wrought in the bride's appearance through the introduction of a bit of green and silver, such as the leaves and the ribbon at the base of the cap. The length of the veil at the back h governed by circumstances. It drops to the end of the train, and when there is 110 train, then it reaches to the hem of the skirt. Or, depending upon the length of the old veil that is lent or given, it hangs just as far as it cau.