New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-30
A BRIDES CLOTHES.
TUE powDY ATTIRE OF A TALL PRINCESS.
,-.ox THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRInryE

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thunder in letting Felix, the male mantua maker
exhibit their eldest daughters trousseau in his
,varerooms The conclusion that even royalists
had TO draw from it was that royal brains are not
able 10 inspire so much as a dIessmaker. The
Gowns, blouses robes de cour and wedding dress OF
Che bride were on blocks" which were made to
animate the human figure and which could not
have been less than SIX feet high. i remarked to
the Snowman who took visitors about that there
was great lack of elegant light garniure u How
an the world" he SAID, could 1t be other
wisef The Princess Is bound by her
tall stature and also by her general
anatomical structure, to wear serious suffs serious
" made She has a sweet face But her bones are
large and there no hiding them. The arms are
strong and not statuesque. Frivolous elegance and.
indeed all that gives life and movement to a fash
aonable costume out of the question. They
would have made her look carcature of fashion
Il was therefore decided that the stufs were to be
rch, the trimmings, when there were any, to be IN
masses and not light, and that the skirts were
TO be ample AS she is a great walker and studies
convenience, she insisted on her dresses
being short-in which she was wrong. person OF
her height should wear long skirts At her age d"
Is not possible for her TO dress in black.
"Why in black 7" asked.
because light colors seem to increase her height
inch and half shorter. But being a bride OF
twenty we had to make her dresses in tender coors
Sic IS also going 10 place where there are nine
mouths of summer and permanently bright sky.
Her costumes, therefore. had to be Of shades
suitable for summer wear"
"Do you prefer" i asked. dressing an actress
OF princessf"
"A princess is easy to please. But she
does not feel the Importance, the actress
does. of looking from head to foot like
q picture She does not, therefore enter
as the actress does into tho ideas OF the per-
SON employed 10 dress her. The actress has her
dresses on her brain If she is not woman of
genius ike Desclee-who remember, dressed like
dowdy a. Frou Frou ard was still the spoiled child
of fortune and of fashionable must trust a great
dea for her effects to her costumes. This develops
III her real talent for sumptuary things. She has
ideas and suggestions to make which should be
adopted or adapted by her costumier princess is
protected Oh all sides The papers don't crlticlSe
her, nobody will repeat to her what ll-natured
critics say Of her behind her back. She is unstimu-
lated and gets staGnant, and not having views of
her own falls back on the ladies around
her who are afraid TO have opinion. 1t does
firm good to have the putation of dressing Royal
ladies' But they have long ceased to set the fash
Ions. Our best advertisements are the dresses worn
on the stage by such actresses Sarah Bernhardt,
Marthe Brandes Mile. Bartet and few Others"
The wedding dress of the Princess AmelIe Is thick
eros grain fallle verging on ivory. She Will wear
lace veil. think cloud of tulle would have been
more picturesque even with her stature which will
be more exceptional in Lisbon than even in France.
There is not much to be SAID about the dress
the skirt is voluminous and the train long. II VIII
be bordered with natural orange blossoms set III
spngs M short distances, with large ruche which
will O. round the edge On the occasion of her
rIde IN an open carriage from the terminus to the
Palace of the Nessidades the Princess Will be IN
blue and whte-the colors of the Virgin Maryland
of the Portuguese nation. This costume looks like
what one hi ght expect to at a London flower
show or fashionable English church in
MAY or June. There IS no stamp
OF Paris it. Imagine girl Of twenty who does
not look her age, In SIX ybue MORE antique dress,
with a blouse of white scilIenne. which comes al
most down to the knees and Is fastened IN at tDe
waist by a sash, forming behind gigantic falling
bow and ends. don't object to the blouse, which
is grlish enough, but TO the MORE antique which
is as thick as the bordering of Free
mason's apron. A fat pleating of ordinary
machine-made lace edges the skirt. and there
is similar garniture all round the blouse.
The hat OF bonnet Is of blue MORE covered with a
network of white jet and trimmed with pink roses.
The parasol of blue under white sprigged net is
bOrdered with machlne-made lace
Her mother, the Comtesse de Paris will. on the
same occasion. toilette OF hght-brOwn
sicllienne, trimmed with old Bruges lace and gold
braid The prettest and freshest thing of the lot
l. a costume TO be worn at reviews, consisting of
lilac Grape blouse lilac more antique, lOoped
high at one side and split up almost TO the hip al
the other The looping is done with a
bunch of lilacs and a falling bow and
and oh At
waist. The bonnet of rice straw IS lined
with lilac Grape over satin, and trimmed with a
bunch of lilac blossoms. The dressing gowns
the handsomest articles IN the trousseau but there
is hardly frs-rate Paris actress who would think
them good enough 10 be worn by her. Some are in
cashmere white and blue. and in nuns yelling.
and one is in dark blue plush, with satin facings
and fiat trimming round the waist and down the
front of imitation duchesSe lace. Two actresses
who were in the show rooms when was there.
made WY faces at the quality of the lace. They
said that imitation stuff should be used
"wben the style Is serious" But dare say the
Duke of Braganza will lot know the difference,
although MS mothers chief pleasure in life
il TO dress undress and redress in the finest toilets
that Worth. Felix and Laferriere send her. In
this respect she different from her sister the
Princess CIOtilde, who Is as plain as Sister OF
CHARITY and looks the better for the severity Of
her garb.
The dancing gowns of the Princess Anelie are
oil short. This is a mistake considering the stature
Of the wearer, which is equa, shou say. TO that
Of the Crown Princess of Denmark the tall sister
in-iaw Of the Princess of Wales. The Venus de Me-
Glci If turned INTO living flesh and blood, would
look charming in a short trock. but the Venus
OF Milo, notwithstanding her superb FORM would |
under the same circumstances be caTlcature II so
attIreI he Princess AmeiIe Is fond of pink and
blues. Her white dress made Ia chateiaIne-a |
gothic modification of the prIncesse style-s hand
Some and fresh aud suitable t. a bride OF nigh de-
gree Ii is of white silk under white Grape and Is
square in the neck before and behind some |
county costumes are ADAPTATIONS Of those worn by
the DEM monde young ladies in the restaurant !
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