1929-10-26 — Page 11

PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, OCTOBER 26th, 1929.

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lew Fashions for the Fall Bride

New

Jean Patou Uses

A Tulle Deep V On the Forehead From Which Hangs This Lace Veil.

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Patou Combi.

Lace and Tullı

In This Bridal Cown and 'Veil, Mother-of-Pearl Tuberoses Catch The Lace Veil At Either Side.

The New Princess Lines With V-Shape Cul of Train Add Distinction to This Model From Stewart and Company,

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This Model With Filled Yoke And Unusual Side Treatment Of Scalloped Folds is Offered By Stewart as a Costume Suitable for the Youthful Bride.

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This White Satin Of Sculptural Lines.

Is Presented By Jean Patou

For the Madonna. Type of Bride..

After Picking Out The Perfect Husband, It Is Only Necessary That a Woman Select The Perfect Gown For Her Wedding

NINCE Ostøber is now almost givaling June as a month for fashionable weddings, the smart couturiers are showing lovely bridal attire in their fall collections. It is a pardonable vanity on the part of any woman. to wish to look her loveliest on that occasion when she marches down the church aisle on her father's arm to soft organ music, clad in white, attended by glamourous." maids. That is her star act, and she should make the most of it.

Always, the bridal gown is considered outside the realm of current fashions. It must be more than smart. it must be picturesque, and there must be a certain bow made to tradition and to established custom,

Often a bride loves to wear the dress worn by her mother, or the material of her gown handled in a more modern way, while others wish to use rare old lace or fine "ald jewels. Much latitude is permitted, so long as the effect is charming, and most brides seek to attain a treaty between the old and the new, and to achieve individuality and something that is absolutely personal in character.

In the choice of fabrics, the fall bride has great lati- tude-moire, satin, taffeta, transparent velvet, or even net, mousseline de soie, lace or tulle. Patou believes that the winter bride should select white satin or panne velvet.

I AN important detail in the wedding ensemble is the right headdress. The wrong veil or cap or whatever style is chosen is sufficient to mar the most beautiful gown, besides detracting from the wearer's looks. Patou has shown a particularly 'becoming headdress with his lace bridal

outht, which is a happy combination of the formal and the becoming. He ar ranges a rather deep V of tulle over "the forehead and upon that mounts the lace veit, using a bunch of mother of pearl tube roses at either side.

II FOR the very youthful type of bride, who wishes amartness and

a feeling of the present day in her cos tame, the less formal model with the fitted yoke, and the elaborate side treatment of scalloped folds is recom- mended.

This is a very practical type of dress, since by subtracting the veil, one has a perfectly smart, long-sleeved dinner gown or theater costume. De spite its exaggerated length on one side, it is quite short in the front and at all other points. This is a Stewart model.

III. PATOU believes that the gown should be created for the subject, which is why, when he was

creating for a dark-eyed beauty, he made the most of her classic features and her madonna face by devising a robe of sculptural lines in white satin featuring rich embroidery. a superb veil of Point d'Angleterre, and a headdress that was decidedly individual, and studied to bring out the beauty of her shining black hair.

Quite appropriately this bride carries a shower of while lilies. Easter lilies and calla lilies are very much in favor now for bridal bouquets,

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IV. A GOWN that is a triumph of lace and tulle with a fairy-like quality that is most engaging is shown

as an accompaniment to the wedding veil which features. the tulle V on the foreheads

VAN American version of the wedding gown is shown by Stewart and Company, and like Number II, above, it is developed in heavy white rayon satin.

The new princess line is stressed in Number V-which. is shown from the back view-and the train is cleverly in- serted in a V-shaped cut in the back. Except for the yoke of exquisite lace, this gown relies upon its princess cut for its charm. The cap is the conventional but very becoming Juliet cap of pearls, and the ample veil of ill- sion is trimmed with scattered bouquets of orange blossoms.

NATURALLY the bride selects her accessories with great care. Her slippers, her handkerchief, her jewels

and her hosiery are all exactly in the mood of her gown, and her lingerie is the most exquisite that can be procured.

The bride of this season will wear. a higher girdle, and have a more pro nounced waistline than has been seen for years. She will have feminine eurves, and a feminine figure. And she may have a pound or so more of flesh than she had last year.

Of course the first consideration is to have the perfect husband, but.after that there is nothing more important than having a perfect wedding, and having a perfect wedding implies a perfect wedding ensemble for the whole party, from background to attendants

And of course, the bride will not consider only her own appearance, the will confer with her bridesmaids, her maid of honor, and her flower girl, and there will be a harmony expressed in the costuming...

While she will dominate the pageant she will allow the color and the "chorus" work to be provided by her attendants, and she will graciously al low each member a triumph.