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Show Traditional Wedding Gowns Demanded by Modern Brides1 By CHERIE NICHOLAS H it- 'fm h - in ' i ! , u H tw IF A -;i f; I) ww ' ' A 'i t V ASA 'm v ' V, li's ' f i S v li'V ir- -""-iwi n ni 1 1 1 . .. u 111) i-ii 11 1- -i m 1 ts;, ; ,A WEDDINGS galorel That's what's happening now that so many of our servicemen are returning re-turning to those they hold dear. The season of the year no longer has anything to do with the case. One of the reactions to the war is that weddings come up in any month. In fact, they have become year-round events. This year with the return of thousands thou-sands and thousands of eligi-bles, eligi-bles, wedding bells will be ringing more frequently than ever. Designers Design-ers are outdoing themselves in creating just one lovely gown after another for brides-to-be who want to say "I do" in a wedding dress that lives up to tradition. Some of the dresses are in rich satin, traditionally trained and -lace-trimmed. Others are charmingly fashioned with fitted basque waists and very full skirts in such sheer, cloudlike fabrics as ninon, mous-seline mous-seline de soie, net, marquisette or organza. There are also combinations combina-tions of lace and net, satin and net, or chiffon and lace. Several designers are featuring rhumba ruffles, starting at the waistline and extending to short full trains. There is lots of back interest, inter-est, too, either in skirt fullness or in bustle bows. Peplums and apron effects vary the skirt treatments in front. Off-shoulder bodices and bertha necklines add a picturesque note to a number of dresses of the heirloom type. The favored headdress head-dress these days is the very full fingertip veil of fine net or tulle, falling from a little circlet or bonnet bon-net or pancake beret of fluted net. The illustration herewith brings you a preview of just such gowns as you will see parading down the cen- ter aisles in endless procession, for weddings are scheduled to take place m record number this year. Lovely beyond words Is the very youthful-looking bridal dress of sheerest dolled net shown to the left in the picture. In this bewitching little lit-tle frock, so frilly and ruffly and sheer, so refreshingly naive in its simplicity and girlish charm, not only the groom but each and every guest will have fallen in love with this winsome bride. A muchly beruffled bertha falls bewitchingly over her shoulders. The simple headdress she wears is of artfully arranged plain net. Traditional satin of choicest weave fashions the stately gown centered in the group. It carries out formality to perfection. The fine seed pearl embroidery that enhances en-hances the bodice is also repeated around the neck to encircle a throat-high- yoke of transparent net. The very young bride or the bride with the small "teen-timer" figure will go for the picturesque gown to the right, made of an indescribably fine net. The bodice pleating is set on a fiesh-colored yoke giving an enchanting en-chanting off-shoulder effect. The pleatings on the skirt are applied with exceeding grace to carry on about the short and full train. This portrait gown will be effective made up of mousseline de soie or fine ninon or soft and sheer voile. For the bride who plans a mid-season mid-season wedding, a gown as effective as the traditional white satin is fashioned fash-ioned of an all-over eyeleted white cotton sheer. This could be easily made by the bride-to-be who can sew. Let the bodice be of the fitted type, prettified with a sweetheart neckline. Make the skirt gathered slightly into the waistline but cut on a circular movement that develops de-velops into a long train that will billow bil-low out behind with infinite grace as the wedding cortege moves down the aisle. Released by Western Newspaper Union. |
