Artificial Blossoms.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 5, 29 July 1908, Page 67

Artificial Blossoms.

For personal adornment artificial blossoms are quite as fashionable at present as their rivals, those of reality. The latest fancy, and it is a very pretty one, is to introduce a cluster of blossoms into the throat ruffle which is made of tulle, mousseline, or feather fronds. A knot of pansies, a few tassels of double cherry blossom, or a spray of rosebuds worn at the side or back of the throat has been adopted by the smart

Parisienne, and adds one more to the many ways in which artificial flowers ean be worn. Huge corsage bouquets, especially of malmaisons, lilies of the valley, violets, and roses are being sold, and artificial nosegays are being carried in the hand at evening receptions. They were introduced for the Court at Buckingham Palace, so that the flowers carried might exactly resemble those worn upon the train or tucked into the high waistbelt. Scented as they are to resemble Nature’s perfumes precisely, it is absolutely impossible to tell at a glance whether

a flower is real or made by hand; indeed, one is baffled even after a long examination of the blossoms to detect the artificial from the real. The marvellous power attained by the makers of flowers makes one wonder whether a rosebud worn by an American bridegroom the other day, which, just as the ceremony of marriage reached the climax and the happy pair were made man and wife, expanded into a full blown rose, was a button-hole timed to act in this opportune manner, or a real blossom that reached perfection just at the most opportune moment possible.