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Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12546, 24 May 1909, Page 4

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LONDON CHUiICH PAGEANT. The Pageant. House, at Fulham, where the costumes for the English Church Pageant are being made, is the busiest dressmaking . establishin- London, says the- "Daily Mail" of April.. 10th. . , Of'tliG 7500 costumes required for the pageant between 3000 and 4000 are being made under the direction of Mrs; Crpxton the "Mistress of. the Robes," at the Pageant House, and the jbwenty local "Mistresses of the Robes" who are responsible for the remainder have to come to her fer model gowns, designs, and directions. "Our great object is to have every accessory -historically correct. "' Old bookstand missals are helping us, and we have the invaluable assistance of the Society of Antiquaries,'" explained Mrs Croxton in an interview. : "As a result there will, we hope, be no incongruities.", ■ ■ : About lOOjOOO yards of rich brocades, silks, satins, velvets, and linen will be made, up in- the course of the next few weeks." 'Many of thedresses are completed, and were exhibited yesterday. Beautiful : effects ■ have been -produced - by. stencilling ; designs in- gold on : the. fabrics -Or by appliques of embroidery cut from Indian quilts. ' Perhaps the most gorgeous episode is that showing the Coronation^ of King Edward VI. Cloth of gold and gold, embroideries enter largely into the dresses for this episode.