WEDDINGS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20331, 14 June 1934, Page 14

WEDDINGS.

Akaroa Bride Chooses an Attracnve Gown.

AITKEN—GIDDENS. On Tuesday afternoon a wedding of interest to residents of the Bays and Akaroa was solemnised at the Holy Trinity Church, Akaroa, when Isobel, only daughter of Mr and Mrs J. L. Giddens, French Farm, was married to John Stanley, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Robert Aitken, of Invercargill. The ceremony was performed by the Rev James Crawford M’Caw, and Miss N. M’Nab was organist. Friends of the bride had decorated the church with bowls of beautiful chrysanthemums and tinted foliage. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore an attractive frock of ivory windswept satin, made in a slimfitting style and falling to the ground in graceful folds. The pretty hip yoke was finished at the back in a large bow, and the quaint sleeves, which were puffed to the elbow, were close-fitting to the wrists and finished with rows of tiny satin buttons. The beautifully handworked billowing tulle veil was arranged cap style and held in place at the front by a wide bandeau of pearls. She carried a beautiful shower bouquet of flowers. Miss Colleen Morven Pool, of Akaroa, was flower girl and wore a dainty frock of lemon crepe de chine made in early Victorian style, and a pretty lemon Alice-in-Wonderland bandeau in her hair. She carried a basket of flowers and ribbon to tone with her frock. Miss Nancy Burgess, of Christchurch, attended as bridesmaid. She wore a most becoming ankle length frock of pink windswept crepe satin, with a shoulder cape falling to the waist. Dainty, long pink net gloves were worn as a finish to the elbow-length puff sleeves. Her wide-brimmed. lightweight black felt hat was trimmed with pink and black ribbons, and she carried a bouquet of flowers. Mr Ronald Moore, Barry’s Bay, was best man. After the ceremony relatives and friends were received at the Kowhai tea rooms, Akaroa, by Mrs Giddens, mother of the bride, who wore a handfrock of black crepe de chine, a black hat and a coat edged with fur. She carried a posy of bronze chrysanthemums and foliage. Mrs Aitken, Invercargill, mother of the bridegroom, wore a smart frcck of wine crinkle crepe with felt hat to match and dark velour cloth coat. When the bride and groom left by car to connect with the ferry steamer for the north the former was wearing a handsome ensemble in blue with hat to tone. Mr and Mrs J. S. Aitken’s future home will be in Kaikoura. FIDLER—MTNTOSH. A marriage was recently solemnised at St Matthew’s Church, St Albans, by the Rev J. F. Feron, between William John, elder son of Mr and Mrs N. Fidler, Burnham, and Marjory Jane, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs T. M’lntosh, Fernside. The bride wore an anklelength frock of nut-brown ottoman armune cut on Empire lines with novelty leg-of-mutton sleeves and relieved with a lighter shade of brown. With this was worn a smart panne velvet hat to match. She carried a bouquet of abqtilons and orchids. She was attended by one bridesmaid, Miss Nancy Fidler, of Christchurch, who wore a becoming frock of mulberry afghalaine trimmed with grey, with close-fitting hat to match. She carried a bouquet of wane-coloured chrysanthemums and abutilons. Mr Malcolm Fidler, only brother of the bridegroom, w*as man. Later a reception was held at the New Ritz Lounge. When the bride left for the south on her wedding tour she was wearing a brown ensemble and carried a smart coat of the same shade in windswept worsted with musquash collar. CLARK—M’GIRR. The w’edding took place recently at St Teresa’s Church, Riccarton. of Evelyn, second daughter of Mr and Mrs M’Girr, Spreydon, and George, son cf Mrs and the late Mr Walter Clark, of Beckenham. The bride, who was given away by her brother, a smart dove-grev costume with a blue jumper and a hat to tone, and she carried a bouquet of cream chrysanthemums and roses. Miss Edith M’Girr attended lier sister a<= bridesmaid, her frock being of l.’do-blue crepe de chine with a hat to match. She carried a bouquet of cream flowers. Mr Lawrence Clark, brother of the bridegroom, was best man. After the ceremony a reception w-as held at the home of the bride’s parents, where Mrs M’Girr received her guests wearing a nigger-browm frock and a hat to match relieved with lemon.

On leaving later the bride wore a black rep frock smartly trimmed with rows of black and white buttons. Her small hat was to match and her coat was of dark grey face 1 cloth. With this -was worn a fox fur.