T may be that a hastily chosen
bridegroom leads to leisurely
repentance. but nowadays the
most successful and satisfactory
bridal trouaseaux are those that
have been chosen without dallying.
Styles in wedding frocks change
from month to momh. new and
interesting ideas in the arrange-
ment of the bridal veil are all the
time presenting themselves. there
are passing fads in lingerie. The
bride who does not bother her
head about her trousseau until
four or five weeks before her wed-
ding day is apt to be better pleased
with the result than the one who
begins a year in advance to make
selections for the clothes she is to
wear on hen honeymoon. Quite
often it happens that the bride
who has been too hasty in making
selections is all ready, waiting to
pack her trunks, several weeks
before the ringing of the wedding
bells. Then comes a new trim to
fashions, interesting changes come
in millinery. the shops offer all
sorts of fascinating little accessor-
ies—and this foresighted bride
has spent her troumeau money
and has none left for these last-
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Lucky is the June bride who
has still some ofthe plans to make
for her wedding clothes.
For the wedding gown itself.
lace vies with conventional satin
for favor. There are fewer of the
sidedraped sheath wedding gowns
that call for crepe or some soft.
consider the eatersr's bill and
numberless other expenses incr-
dent to a wedding nowadays. The
mere task of buying all the things
on this trousseau list—even if one
had no need to consider the ex-
Dense—wouid be rather weari—
some. At the shoe shop one must
buy sport pumps and oxfords,
gray or beige suede for afternoon,
relivestgtsandtbrocade slippers for
. the ant eather or perhaps
brown suede for the tailored suit.
Going-my costume for bride.
enough to be used as a negligee.
and there are little capes: and
scarfs to go with some of ~these
elaborate nightgowns to give them
the guise of a negligee. A night-
gown of rose colored silk trimmed
elaborately with lace has a ribbon
girdle at a low waistline and is
worn with a scarf trimmed with
ostrich!
There are beribboned and be-
flowered little girdles mounted on
elastic that may be worn over any
A new blue reps coat bound with
clots my crepe do chine is worn over slate gray frock. Gunmetal Mn
tons trim coat.
clinging fabric than there, were ,, ,,
, le’U'r’eYElT 1hré€ifofiths ago.
However, this type of gown. so
characteristic of Madeleine et
Madeleine, is still chosen as the
conventional gown by many
French brides. In general there
bemoateagowl.
are two types of gowns to
from—the wide-skirted
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or the straight tunic of lace or for moon.
vogue for the lace
has been boosted along consider- my for wear
ably by the fact that
Of stockings there
must be silk pairs in 3“ “1° de‘
shades .with a silver
six-able nude ”mg
and afternoon gowns. ‘ For sports
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choice °t 1““ Cornelia Vand ear there must be fibre silk or
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the fact that her ”'31", 1”“ checks or mottled elfects.
barely escaping ‘3
whereas other brld
season were so“.
installs.
es of the same max aflsirs should be in-
inches “on”. :l’tridgg in the list of gloves. Vthh
A few
of long glace white gloves
Though French women 0:” km is not complete without ‘ number
ing their
street frocks.
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gloves as well. Natural colored
the rest—rather do”; than are pauses. you know. is now consid-
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earlier in one's tailored suit.
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To narrow .one's choice among
down to five or six is not
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bound with the printed crepe.
rather.elaborate silk nightgown
when they are chosen as negligees.
Aside from this. most brides
want a really elaborate boudoir
gown—a frilly, lacey, airy gar-
ment in one of the new tea—rose;
mauve. orchid or cameo shades.
Then there must be a serviceable
bathrobe or two—probably one of
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the mannish coat robes of wash-
able silk or flannel for cool
weather.
The summer bride’s hats must
include wide-brimmed_ ones as
well as the close. small shapes.
If she cannot aflord a hat to go
with each of her light summer
frocks, but'most narrow down to
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White satin bridal boson with lace
We embroidered in pearls. Tulle
veil falls from cap of my. blos-
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perhaps a single garden—party bet.
she is wise in selecting a milan
shape in the new rust shade—-
which is rather newer than the all
black hat. One charming modeL
that might be copied by thh bride
with a. knuack for millinery is
trimmed only with streamers of,
two shades of yellow tulle——
formed into loops against the hat
brim and then brought acroas the
neck. over the back to the arm on
the other side where it is‘ looped
down and wound around the wrist.
Bobbed Bride!
When girls first tool: to bobbing
their hair, hands were raised in
holy horror at the idea that some
of these progressive. bobbed lassies
should dare to go to the altar
with short hair. "At least a girl
ought to have enough respect for
the marriage ceremony to let her
hair grow beforg she was misg-
ried.” was the comment. i e
question of adjusting. a wedd ng
roll over a bobbed head seems
at first a difficult one—‘but noxv;
there’are modistes who WOltl
rather arrange the headgear o a
bobbed bride than otherwise. The
close-fitting lace or tulle cap “:1!
charmingly over the bobbed hes .
little tulle or lace caps
hat like a. baby's
t—«close over the ears—
:girhtiimes held in place with a
chin strap. well adapted to the
shaped somew
.‘ bobbed head. because they Show a
head line beneath 'wiihout
Srgwbulges of rolled or coxlcd hair
to alter the lines of the head. But
nee
hibcapThe girl who. despite the
edicts of fashion. still wears her.
hair a la Fiji Islander is best
coiled in a bandeau headdress.
The bobbed bride has little need
of the b‘oudoir cap—~nr n gilt-cap,
as it is now considered smarter
Instead sh jselect;
bandeaux of ribbon tr mme.
Britt? ribbon or silk artificial flow-
er. met-l and bead ornaments.
Sometimes these little ribbon ban-
deaux are edged with narrow
ruined lace. Robbed hair girls,
if they are still suflciently old-
fashioned to sender needlework.- {
devise allgsorts of charming little
hair bands—having one to match:
each .of their lingerie sets. Some-
times there ‘are ribbon sets con- -
stating of bandeau. garters and
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Kore than one notable bride
to be married in June has chosen
orchid mauve ‘as the claim for her
bridesmaids' gowns. This was the
color worn by the bridesmaids o!
Mlle. Simone Rodier in Paris late
last winter and it has been much
admired in France all'during the
we.
V llmost without exception the
fashionable bridesmaids of neat
June will be dressed in floral tones
—narcissus yvllnw, gladiolus.
orchid; light; vapucino. cyclamen.
geranium. poppy. mimosa. gab
denin, larkspur. srrpolei. etc.
> Bemolet. by the way, is a char!!-
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ing new green named in France
after the leaves of the wild thyme.
‘ Ostrich fringe is used lavish”
on the bridecnaids' frocks de-
signed for June weddings—some-
times being combined with lace.
For one wedding in the month of
roses the bridesmaids are going
to wear long chiffon scarfs edged
with ostrich fringe which is also
used on the skirts of the frocks.
With the lace bridal gown
be worn slippers trimmed wit
ltiflened rosettes of . real laoe,
while pearls and crystals ornament
the slippers worn with the beaded
gown.
The conventional French bridl
llmost always wears a ion.-
sleeved gown even for the Juan
weddings,
French fashion
have adhered to this custom. Some
dressmakers are making suitable
bridal gowns with detachable long
sleeves so that the wedding gown;
with the sleeves left out. may be
worn for an evening or afternoon
gown afterwards.
Many well—dressed W
brides. however. have chosen
sleeveless bridal frocks and there
are also models showing little
pufled sleeves or short 'sieeves
edged with ruflled lace.
No bridal Rousseau is. m
complete this year without some
two or three linen frocks at I
They are chosen in some one
the becoming bright shadel’sof the
season and will doubtless prove
very acceptable during warm
summer days.
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