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Show WOMAN'S WORLD Pastels Vie With W 'hites in Bridal Finery j" Bridal Finery '! ' I ; - ' , J - r I ding, it's the wise bride who goes on a beauty ritual before the wedding. wed-ding. She may be perfectly lovely, but a few beauty routines followed faithfully for a week or 10 days before be-fore the wedding when her days are hectic, will give her good grooming groom-ing as well as confidence. Properly chosen food, rest and cleanliness will assure her of a healthy, wholesome look for her wedding day. These will be beneficial bene-ficial for all-over beauty, especially especial-ly for preventing the skin from breaking out all of a sudden from too much rich food during bridal showers! No matter how busy her program, the bride-to-be should plan to get her full quota of eight hours sleep. If she can't manage this every night, she should take an hour or two for a nap during the day. No uride should appear at her own wedding with dark circles under shining eyes! A daily tubbing will take care of cleanliness, but special attention should be directed to the face, arms and legs, especially if the skin is dry. Use a cleansing or lubricating cream if the skin is dry, and do this treatment faithfully. Here's a stunning capelet-sleeved capelet-sleeved princesse white satin bridal dress from the spring and summer collection of a New York designer. The bodice is yoked with a marquisette and richly embroidered with seed pearls and iridescent pail-ettes, pail-ettes, and buttons in back. Satin Sat-in gauntlets are embroidered at the top. By Ertta Haley LUCKY is the girl who is being married this season, for more than one reason! Gowns combine all the lovely, sentimental and romantic ro-mantic trends which have been making fashion history during the last few months. Another reason Is that you may have a dream dress at a price that Is far, far from being a nightmare. Naturally if you intend to choose a gown using 25 yards of the finest organdie or 80 yards of nylon tulle, the price of the wedding dress will be understandably high. However, if you choose a somewhat simpler gown, there are a number of enchanting en-chanting dresses from New York designers at a "something new" in cost. For under $60 there's a particularly particu-larly heart-melting white imported organza dress designed with an off-shoulder off-shoulder ruffle of eyeleted cotton, snug waistline and a full skirt lengthened into a generous train. It comes with its own taffeta slip. For a little more you may have an adorably" young, puff -sleeved white satin dress, high waisted and frilled with Swiss organdie below a flesh-toned yoke of nylon- tulle. It, too, has a wide train. Choose "Something Blue" In Wedding Gown This year's bride may want to choose as "something blue" her own gown. Pearly white satin has This season's bride . . . lost none of its appeal for brides, but for those who prefer a pastel, the girl may choose an ice blue or a blush pink, both of which are very attractive. Both of these colors have been recently introduced in a lightweight but highly lustrous , summer satin. Lace combined with satin, all cotton lace in a Chantilly-like Chantilly-like pattern, marquisette and or- i gandie are other fabrics of import ance throughout New York collections. collec-tions. Crisp, rather than frothy or ethereal ethe-real is a dress of snowy pique, the gathered skirt fully trained and the 1 bodice sleeved to points over the I wrist. Framing the wide-spreading ! V-neckline is a deep bertha-like ! collar echoing the decor on the skirt. Interest Shown In Sleeves, Yokes ! Many designers sponsor cap and i puffed sleeves in their bridal fash- ions. In most instances, however, j matching mitts or gauntlets go I along, leaving little of the arm 1 bare. An exception to this is the beautiful hoop-skirted white satin dress with bell-puffed sleeves, meant to be worn with short, white 1 gloves. Yokes, frequently defined with ruffling of lace or eyeleted organdie, give a demure touch to many of the new bridal dresses. The yoke in some cases is done in pale blue or flesh-colored nylon or net -rather than the traditional white. Full Skirts Featured In Bridesmaid's Dress Simple designing marks the bridesmaid's dress this year. This does not mean, however, that it's in any way an ugly duckling. With full, charming skirts, scooped or wide-open necklines and sash waistlines, waist-lines, these gowns are very romantic roman-tic looking. One in light blue combines com-bines plain and eyeleted organdie and has a small ruffled apron over its skirt. Perfect for a garden wedding is a hoop-skirted, floor length dress in green and lavender plaided cotton with a matching cartwheel. n 0 A- 0h Cats look lovelier than ever. Snug bodices, very wide skirts with wide sashes, appliqued flowers, flow-ers, all are features on the new bridesmaid's dresses. Brides Should Plan Beauty Routine , Since the girl who is a bride should look her loveliest at the wed- |