St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-30
THE HEADGEAR OF ROYALTY

A Partisan MOdiste Recounts the
Fancies of Her Titled Customers.
Pail Mall Gazette Paris Letter.
[ number great many royal ladies
among my customers. For instance,
have furnished for years past the hats
and bonnets worn by the princesses of
the Orleans family. The Comtesse de
Paris dresses in severe and simple
style, and always wears round hats
never bOnnetS. Her hats are small and
of special variety of the toque
shape, which IS prepared purposely
for her. Dark brown and black are her
favorite colorS. Her married daughter,
the Duchesse de BraganZa, shares her
mothers simplicity of taste. The
Duchesse de Charities, the sister-ln-laW
of the COmteSse de Paris, is one of the
most elegant royal ladies in Europe.
She is famed for her graceful carriage,
and it has been said of her that to see
her sit down was in itself lesson in
grace. Her usual style of headgear
is the capote bonnet in black and
gold or cream-white or red, all of
which colorS or combination of cOlorS
are very becoming to her. Her daugh-
ter, the Princess Waldemar of Den
mark, prefers style of headgear
which is gotten mp especially for her.
1t is of the toque shape in front, curv.-
ing down at the back in something of
the capote form. She likes straight
high trimmings set in front of the
crown, never wears strings. and par
ticularly dislikes hanging ends, wheth-
er of ribbon or lace. AS she has
fresh, fair complexion she delights in
delicate shades of pale blue or silver
gray.
Tina Empress of Russia has been for
some years past one of my customers.
Like her sister, the Princess of Wales,
she never wears high crowned or large
brimmed hats, which, indeed. would be
unsuited to the delicate type of her
beauty. Everything must be small and
neat and compact, whether hat or
bonnet. Her favOrite cOlOrs are pale
blue and mauve, and several of the new
shades of green, such as Nile-reed and
varnish green, which last is the newest
color as yet produced this season.
Her sister-in-law, the Grand Duchess
Vladimir. who was a princess of the
Ducal house of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
is one of the royal leaders of European
fashion. being extremely stylish in
manner and possessing infinite taste in
dress.
have just carried out her idea of
her own, which was to combine in
toque crown in real seal-skin with
trimming of white silk gauze. This
union of fur and gauze, of dark-brown
and white, was daring and novel, and
perfectly successful. She delights IN
wearing flowers, her favorities being
chrysanthemums and vioiets.
The wife of her second brother,
formerly the Princess Elizabeth OF
Saxe-Weimar, also has much taste in
dress. just at present she is restricted
to black and white, as her husband is
cousin of the Emperor of Germany, and
she is still in slight mourning for the
Emperor Frederick. She wears COM
pact capotes, with close bordering and
strings, the bow under the throat being
very becoming to her. When she was
married three years ago l furnished the
bOnnets and hats of her tr0usseau, COM
prising some thirty In all. Every cos
tune was made with hat to match,
and every carriage or reception or the
alter dress had the bonnet to correspond
in materials as well as in color.