NEW DRESS REGULATIONS FOR THE QUEEN’S DRAWINGROOM.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume V, Issue 48, 29 November 1890, Page 15

NEW DRESS REGULATIONS FOR THE QUEEN’S DRAWINGROOM.

Here are the dress regulations which the ' t ’neen insists up>n at present at her ‘drawingrooms.’

Ladies attending Her Majesty's drawing rooms must appear in full Court dress, with trains and plumes according to regulations. 1 eathers must be worn so that they can be clearly seen on approaching Her Majesty, with white veils or' lappets. Coloured feathers are inadmissible, but in deep mourning black feathers nrav be worn.

White gloves only are to be worn, excepting in cases of mourning, when black or gray gloves are admissible. High Court Dress.—The Queen has been pleased to permit that a high Court dress of silk, satin or velvet, according to the following description, may be worn in future at Her Majesty's drawing rooms, and'on other State occasions, by ladies, to whom, from illness, infirmity or advancing age, the present low Court dress is inappropriate, viz. ; Bodice in trout, cut square or heart shape, which may be filled in with white only, either transparent or lined : at the back, high or cut down three-quarters height. Sleeves to elbow either thick or transparent. Trains, gloves and feathers as usual. It is necessary for ladies who wish to appear in high Court dress to obtain Her Majesty's permission through the Lord Chamberlain.

This regulation does not apply to ladies who have already received Her Majesty's permission to wear high dress.