The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30
Every Quarter Of the Globe Contributes to
the Wedding Raiment Of Duchess &C.
celia, Bride of Crown Prince.

''Ihe princess who is very young. viii
wear her first trained dresses after her
marriage. One charming carriage dress
is in military blue trimmed with pipings
Of Oriental silk. There is a vest OF
Oriental goods and for a coat, the prin-
cess wiz wear a handsome Louis XIV
coat with long tails and handsome gtfT
CUTS lined with scarlet.
Many OF her gowns have q touch Of
scarlet. 1t may be only in the buttons
er IN the facings. OF in the pIpings- or
perhaps there is the slightest touch OF
scarlet in the lining. visible only when
ths skirt is lifted or when walking p47r
u IS a fact that the scarlet nose is seen
in almost everything.
me princess wears the fashionable
English seven-eighths coat This coat Is
not so fashionable in America where q
shorter coat is more 10 the liking Of the
active American girl. But in France
and England and in Germany it is he
coat OF the year.
What win the princess do in the mat
ter OF sleeves?" YOU ask.
Most of her gowns are made with
nigh shoulder pums slightly modified in
various ways. one OF them has the puf
caught around the arm by ribbon tied
10 "a bow. Another has the Dun tucked
and brought in tightly 10 the arm. And
another has lace set into the pun. max
Ing 1t less pronounced.
Her Laces and Neck Ruf1es.
90 VIII the pun sleeve return?' I am
often asked Most certainly!
You ask regarding the number Of
gowns Of the bride OF the Emperor-to-be.
Wen. the English royal family have
been generous 10 the princess. and so
nave the Russians and IL is likely that
she VIII take into Germany the hand
soonest trousseau ever given a r0vaI
bride Her beautiful Russian mother
has sent 10 Russia requesting the Car
20 send her the laces, which are hers
by Inheritance and which have been.
since her marriage, locked in the safe
ln the vaults In the ECremlin Al Moscow.
The laces. which are old viii cause a
lace revival for they are the very
heavy picturesque laces OF Russia
showing wonderful coats of arms. inter
woven and strange scenes with little
landscapes and animals. all wrought by
hand ia the thread OF the lace.
why does Cecilia come 10 Paris for
her trOusseau2 So the Berlin modIstes
demand. But the Paris dressmakers
reply That she comes here to purchase
certain parts Of 50 that cannot be bought
elsewhere.
'Fier wonderful flying neck ruhles.
made of silk muslin and OF chiffon, are
an bought here. and she has ordered
several fur necklaces. one being a con
CeptiOn in silk rufHes and sable tails.
She has also bought "a fur necklace made
Of ermine with "a reverse side Of mink
But for the most part, she has ordered
the flying silk rufie, the big. loose fluffy
thing which Us becOmlu~ 20 the throat
OF any woman and which the French
as no one else. know how to make.
one OF the T,a-zisOmest run1es was
made in this very establishment. 1t had
ara irIdesceut effect Little hounces in
dark blue were aIternated with hounces
in white and ia gray. And the reverse
side was faced with scarlet satin, for in
was one Of those fiat neck ruffes which
bind the throat so closely
eft takes a great many modisJes 10
prepare a royal bride And that is why
an Paris and all London are ia scurry,
for the engagement was a sudden one.
and the. wedding comes all too soon
from the standpoint of the overworked
m0diste.
Tell you more? Impossible. madame.
FOR I must hurry away 20 superiuteud
tbe making of a great silk picture hat
an ruhies. TO match a great silk neck
boa" And. with am airy wave of the
hand, madame disappeared into an iu-
ner room where pillows of silk ruffes
lazy upon every chair and Uttered the
floor
IN the gowns 0f the royal rousseau.
as well as in other gowns. there IS one
thing very noticeable, and that Is seen