Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-24
SILVER RE|GNS AGAIN
Tissues and Laces for the
Bridal Outfit.
M ODELS DESCRIBED
GOWNS FOR THE BRIDE AND HER
ATTENDANTS.
Latest Fashionable Suggestions for
Wedding Prepara-
TONS
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
"Silver will be triumphant this autumn. -
said the French modiste, lin Hymen' 5
realm at least. Never was there such a
demand for silver tissues and laces silver
centuries and ornaments to grace the bride
and her attendants
1t is true that the reign of the chrysan-
themum always induces a series of yellow
and white weddings, and is apt to tip the
scale of popular fancy in the direction of
yellow metals. Indeed a recent bride wore
| white satin which was stiff with gold
embroidery, and the white gown of another
was powdered with tiny gold sequins. But
these are exceptions to the general rule,
| which DEGREES that silver should add its
frosty sheen to the wedding white.
In England they have even introduced a
silver substitute for the time immemorial
rice The bride and bridegroom are show
cred with tiny horseshoes, true lovers knots
and slippers, all cut from silver paper.
On this side of the water the bridegroom
is giving to the wedding party quaint pieces
of jewelry, with the brides birth stone set
in silver. At a fashionable wedding the
bridesmaids will wear silver girdles, which
will be his gift, while silver sequins will
sprinkle their chiffon robes.
There seems to be a growing fancy for
chiffon or some other diaphanous material
worn over silk for both the bride and her
attendants. a charming bridal dress is of
milk white SILK muslin over white satin.
The skirt is Shirred into the band after a
fashion followed by our grandmothers. At
the height of the knees runs a four-nch in
sertion of Brussels lace. 1t is bordered by
Slightly draped slips of the muslin caught
at intervals by white ribbon rosettes. Below
this runs a garland of silver frosted oak
leaves, mingled with a wide ruching of the
muslin.
Lace and Muslin.
The bodice has high shaped collar of the
lace and a round shallow yoke of the shir-
red muslin. 1t is bordered by four-inch in
sertion of the lace, edged in the same man
ner as the skirt insertion This insertion
extends over the sleeves in the form of a
cap and widens in the front in a pointed
plastron which extends almost to the waist
line. A tiny nosegay of the silver oak leaves
finishes the point of the lace plastron. The
body of the bodice is of the muslin, bIousing
slightly over a wide girdle of white satin.
The sleeves are shirred into the lace in
sertion which forms the caps, and widen
suddenly to the big puffS just below the ell
bow. a white strip of the lace insertion,
edged with the muslin and ribbon rosette
trimming, forms the lower part of the puff.
The high, tight-ftting cuffs are also of the
lace.
With this gown will be worn a tulle veil
draped from a chaplet of mingled silver oak
leaves and orange blossoms.
The bridesmaids in this wedding cortege
will also carry out the white and silver
scheme. Their gowns will be of white silk
muslin trimmed with silver lace. The bod
les are unique. They are collarless and
have boleros and cape collars of silver lace,