CORONATION ROBES
BILLS TO BE MET BY PEERESSES
Received Feb. 7, 7.30 p.m. LONDON, Feb. 7.
A Duchess’ dress bill for the Coronation ceremony will reach £432, of which £335 will go in a crimson velvet three-piece robe, including a train, an ermine-trimmed cape and the remainder for a white or gold court dress costing £6O. The coronet will cost £25, the gloves and shoes £5 each and the stockings 20s, says the Sunday Times, commenting on the peeress’ robe, which can be worn only once or twice in a lifetime at coronations. It adds: On the same scale a marchioness must spend £304 on a robe, a countess £2BB, a viscountess £267, and a baroness £246, the differences being largely due to the lesser ermine and shorter trains required by the lower ranks, but peeresses content to wear rabbit instead of ermine and machine-woven velvet instead of hand-woven and other cheaper materials can save between £135 to £l7B according to rank. All, however, will have a further expense on tiaras and other jewellery.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 32, 8 February 1937, Page 7
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174CORONATION ROBES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 32, 8 February 1937, Page 7
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