BRIDAL WEAR STYLES

Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1934, Page 18 (Supplement)

BRIDAL WEAR STYLES

CHRISTMAS WEDDINGS numerous popular parties. STRIKING GOWNS PREPARED.

(By

“J.H.”)

Christmas time is certainly bridal time. Even now many happy girls are busily engaged in being fitted into those wonderful clinging bridal gowns, and are eagerly anticipating the great day. Everywhere gift parties are being held and the Christmas brides are being feted by their friends. . . . Kifehen evenings retain their place or popularity, but many girls are choosing their friend’s -favourite colour and giving a blue, pink or gold evening. Delightful gifts for a blue evenmg such as blue cushions, pyjama sachets, blue lampshades, dainty ornaments and vases are all welcomed for the new home. Of course often the bride prefers to choose her own colour scheme, but it is a simple matter to get together and buy or make articles that all tone in periecfly. . Morning tea parties are also being fitted in, while amongst the most popular form of entertainment are the tennis parties, evening and bridge parties. There is no doubt that the Christmas and New Year brides are very popular and the fact that it is Christmastide lends an added air of beauty and happiness, and the idea of a honeymoon when New Zealand is filled with the festive spirit is rather delightful. Styles in bridal wear have not. varied greatly. Hundreds of years ago our great great grandmothers were as nervously anxious on the red letter day as we are to-day, and gorgeous white wedding frocks and veils were admired by all the family relations and friends. A few years ago we thought we. were returning to the. period of great billowing and crinolined skirts, and we could picture the unhappy bridegroom walking fully several yards from his bride up the aisle for fear of treading on the delicate material sweeping the carpet or of crushing the wide skirts. Luckily that day seems to have been skipped over, and to-day ..our brides are attired in the fitting graceful gowns that give all the French smart simplicity in their lines, and which suit the modern girl down to the sweeping train and dainty high-heeled shoes. One pretty fair-haired Taranaki bride is' choosing white chiffon velvet and silver lame, so popular in Parisian wedding wear. The gown is very high-neck-ed with the lame draped from the shoul-

ders in the stately Egyptian style. The silver lame is carried out again in a fairly wide peaked insertion, giving a delightful fitting to the waist. This peaked band is repeated and lends a distinctive touch to the long sleeves. The train is lined with white satin, and a small white cap of the chiffon velvet with silver leaves forms a halo for the veil, which is held in place by orange flowers. A crescent moon-shaped sheaf of pale pink lilies completes this charming model. Another delightful New Plymouth bride favours a creation of cream bridal satin and lace. The lace falls softly into a cowl in front, finished with a knot of satin. A slash in the sleeves reveals the lace with folds of satin on each side, and from the elbow the sleeves are tight, finishing with a lace point over each wrist. The gown itself is moulded on slimming lines and falls to a long graceful train of lace. The dainty veil is held in place by orange blossoms. ' The undies worn with these clever creations are really creations in themselves. For those perfectly fitting frocks they must be gossimer light and fitting, without the slighest wrinkle to mar the beauty of the bridal gown.