Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-02-25
MISS MACKAY,s DREssEs.
The wedding outfit of the Girl who
Welded a Prince

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Lucy Hooper in PHILADELPHIA Telegraph1
Miss Mackay's trousseau is very extensive
and superb, but her dresses are more re-
markable for elegance of material and for
grace and originality of design than for
showiness or gorgeeusness. The wedding
dress is heavy ivory white satin, the train
bordered with band of embroidery in white
silk worked on the material itself, and rep
resenting orange blossoms with their buds
and foliage. The front of the skirt is bor-
dered with fringe of orange buds, and is
caught up at one side with a spray of orange
blossoms. The corsage is high to the throat,
and is embroidered down the front with
band of orange blossoms. A small cluster
of the same bridal flowers closes the corsage
instead of brooch. The tulle veil will be
confined with small diadem wreath of or
ange blossoms. The simplicity of the toilet
will be unbroken by a jewel of any kind.
For the civil marriage, which takes place at
the Mayors Office, dress has been prepared
of deep blue-gray faille, with vest and skirt
front Of passementerie to match in silk and
beads. The dress for the presentation at the
Court of Italy is in point aiguille lace of ex-
quisite fneness and artistic design. The I'M
derskirt is covered with draperies of this su-
perb lace, and f1ounces of it are set upon the
long court train. The corsage has a plated
vest of point lace and rufhes of lace form
the sleeves. Another court dress is in white
faille, the skirt front embroidered with
masses of daisies in white silk, with centres
of looking-gl glass beads. The long train of
the same material is bordered with band of
embroidery to correspond. A third court
dress is in pale blue faille, with the skirt
front embroidered with daisies in pale blue
chenille, with slight admixture of wood
color in the stems and foliage. The corsage
is bordered with daisies, and a corsage of
daises is arranged to encircle the young
wearers throat. The daisy being the name
flower of Queen Marguerite of Italy, il is
the favorite blossom for aderning the court
dresses of the ladies who are present at her
balls and receptions.
An exquisite dinner-dress is in Vatican
brocade in narrow stripes of pale pink and
white, figured with tiny flowers in their nat
ural hues. This dress is made in the genu-
inc Louis XVI. style, the overskirt being
Topped with pale pink ribbons, and the I'M
derskirt being covered with rufnes of finest
Valenciennes. Another dinner dress is in
scarlet velvet, the skirt laid in box-plaits,
and having short detachable train The
corsage is bordered around the top with an
tique Venetian guipure of wonderful beauty.
a very handsome visiting dress is in seal
brown faille, with vest and skirt front of
velvet of the same hue, embroidered III seal
brown silk with clusters of flberts with their
Leaves and foliage. Another in steel
gray faille, with the velvet vest and skirt
front embroidered with flowers and leaves in
steel-gray silk. Most of the evening dresses
were in delicate shades of crepe de chine or
in sicilienne. One, in crevette crepe de
chine was made in the Restoration style
with q round, plated baby-waist short
plated undefskirt and draped overskirt.
Another, in the same material but in ivory
! white, had the overskirt dotted all over with
large pearl beads, the underskirt being cut
| in front into deep scallops, which We're out
lined with pearls The train was square and
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of the various tasteful and dainty toilets
prepared for the young bride.
The morning dresses were in themselves
study; chaudron or plush trimmed with point
lace, crimson plush, pearl and tea-rose pekin
trimmed with gray cashmere and scarlet su-
| rah and white cashmere trimmed with blue
or olive velvet, were among the materials en-
| ployed. The undergarments, in finest CAM
| brio adorned with hand-embroidery and the
| most exquisite of Valenciennes lace, are
| really artistic in their workmanship Some
| articles were bordered with medalllons OF
| Valenciennes let into the material, around
| the skirt as well as around the top, others
| had narrow frin of Valenciennes showing
| above border of frost-like embroidery
| This division of the trousseau included not
| only undergarments of all descriptions, but
| also sheets and pillow-cases en- suite and Gov
| cred with finest hand embroidery, towels,
| table linen, &C., silk stockings and slippers
| to match every costume, a bonnet Tor each
| walking dress, &C., &c.
The wedding gift of Mr.. Mackay to bis
daughter is set of diamonds, comprising 6
long spray of fern leaves which can be worr
| in the hair or encircling the top of the cor
| sage, a necklace formed of three rows OF
pointed leaves meeting diamond band that
Surrounds the throat porte-bonheur brace
| let in diamonds, pair of solitaire earrings
| of great beauty and comb surmounted with
a Tow of diamond leaves. Mrs. Mackay's
| gift is a necklace and pair of bracelets il
| large pearls, each of five strings: separated
| at intervals with diamonds bars, and also 6
| pair OF large and perfect rubies set as ear
/ rings and surmounted with diamonds.