The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-26
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II IS no less true that, all the
lsshinine world loves weddings; and Dame
fashion, recognizing this fact, exerts her
sen anew each season to furnish some
new detail to the costume that to the I'M
ii1tiaeed may seem quite like the wedding
gown from time immemorial
Ever since Easter Sunday there has
oeen a succession of -weddings-that is.
until the LIST of May-and there have been
more marriages celebrated this year than
ever before. Still, most girls prefer to
wait until June. when there is such a
wealth of flowers and shrubs to choose
from for DECORATIONS, and when there is
no superstition as to ill-luck, etc.
Summer weddings DO not demand such
elaborate toilettes as do winter weddings,
and the las tyear or two there awe been
charming gownsso of lace, which, of course,
are no less expensive tnan the silk or
satin fashionable all the year, but are
more summary looking.
foremost IN materials for the wedding
gown Is white satin-this season more
popular than ever. The luster and fin
ish OF this fabric make it particularly de-
sirabie. and as it now can be bought at
a wide range of price, the brides are all
attired in 1t, according to 'sHarper's
Bazaar" But a cheap ~cotton+back satin is
a bad investment, and must only be used
as a separate lining for some thin gown.
Most of the smartest gowns are Sc
yerely plain. the skirt being long; many
have a ruehing. or the front breadth may
be draped; the seams may be outlined
with pearl embroidery. All these orna-
mentations are permissible. but the abso-
lutely urutrimmed skirt is still the best. A
narrow front breadth and the sides care
fully fitted over the hip and fiaring out
around the foot of the gown is the most
generally becoming style.
Lace f~ounces are the only exception to
the rule of no trimming. These are draped
across the front and brought high on the
hips. or put on horizontally. A lace
shawl also may be draped on the front of
the skirt in some graceful fashion. while
a new fad-it cannot be dignifed by the
name of fashion-is to nave a v-shaped
piece of lace extending about a quarter
of a yard below the waist apphqued on
the front breadth. and tapering off on the
hips.
With the waist it is entirely different.
There a desire for trimming can easily
be grati6ed. Pearl embroidered mousse
line de sole or real lace is put on in a
full front blouse effect, and small bolero
fronts edged with pearl passementerie
are worn. The back of the waist is not
trimmed; it is sometimes cut round. Now
there is a tendency toward the basque
waist. but the handsomest of all the
gowns have the back cut in princesse
fashion. This is not a possible style for
II but a good dressmaker to under
take, and the basque waist is almost al
ways the best. 1t must, however. not
be too long nor too wide, just the length
to be becoming and give the desired long
lines.
One of the handsomest gowns worn this
spring had no trimming on either waist
or skirt. The waist was made only of
the satin draped in most graceful folds.
1t was cut high in the throat and long in
the sleeves, and fitted to perfection.
The shfrred and pulled sleeves of chif-
fon or mousseline de sole, with a yoke
of the same material, are sometimes
used, and there is a most practical ar
gument in their favor. A wedding gown
is supposed to be worn at many enter
tainDents after the wedding when a
s5W-eut waist would be enough. She
who can afford it may have two waists
made. but with the yoke and sleeves of
some thin material the low-cut waist
locks like a high one. Sprays of orange
blossoms or the shoulders and down
the front of the gown are suitable for
this style.
For a wedding to be celebrated the
middle of June a most dainty toilette is
made of fine white organdie over white
taffeta. The skirt is a mass of white
Valenciennes insertion and lace, as is
also the waist, and the veil is of tulle
edged with lace. Sprays of orange bios
SONS are put at regular intervals
through the heading of the f1ounce and
on the waist, and a graceful spray starts
at one shoulder. crosses diagonally, and
falls far down on the skirt. The skirt
is long, and a broad sash of white taft
feta is trimmed all around with valen-
ciennes lace.
A most important part of the toilette
is the wedding veil, which in many
families is a cherished heirloom handed
down from one generation to another.
Most beautiful are some of these wells
which rarely see the light of day. Point
lace stands pre-eminent, and is much to
b. desired; but there are many of the
tambour lace which are infinitely more
becoming. and in the latter respect the
tulle veil is by far the best. 1t is
rare now for a bride to wear a veil
over her face, and with the present
arrangement of the hair in full Pompa-
dour the lace folds can be draped very
becoming1y If care be taken to nave
most of the ~fullness directly at the back,
only leaving enough to form, as it were. a
background for the shoulders.
Wells of tu1le edged with lace are
worn full and long, SO that they reach
almost to the hem of the train. These
are sometimes worn over the face as
the bride enters the church, and thrown
back as she comes down the aisle when
the ceremony is over. as 1t would be
impossible to turn back a veil of the
length and width required. The front
piece is made separate, and pinned te
the hair so that it can be detached with
out any trouble or delay. When the
tulle wells are trimmed with lace, point.
lace is used, from an eighth to a quar-
ter of a yard in width.
What the bridesmaids shall wear is
always a difficult matter to decide. Theil
costumes must be smart and becoming
but care must be taken lest they in any
way detract from the brides costume
they should therefore be of distinctly
different style, so that no comparison
can be made. For this reason it is NJ
longer fashionable for bridesmaids t.