The Washington herald., 1913-06-15
GLANCE AT FASHIONS I'm CAPITAL
Expert Tells OF the Welowned Woman OF Smart Society What
She Wears. and When
By MARGARET WADE.

What the oldest inhabitant tells us is
the most unreasonable June Washing
ton has ever known, has. nevertheless
proved a great satisfaction to the pleas
ure-loving contingent of the Capital
either at home or abroad. Long, loose
wraps have, to be sure, covered many
smart summer frocks in the past week,
but then, the wraps themselves were a
joy to behold. And, too, the cool days
early in the week afforded an unusual
opportunity of displaying at its best the
new costume suit as worn by such well
known leaders of fashion as Miss FL
kins. Miss Margaret Perrin. Mrs. Charles
A. Mum, jr., Mrs. Edward Beale Nc
Lean, and Mrs. Preston Gibson, who
upheld the sartorial distinctions of the
Capitals smart set in and about New
York in the past week.
Even in Washington the cool weather
had its advantages as shown by the
number of smart suits worn with COM
fort at the wedding OF Miss Anne
Greble and DR.. William Lawrence Estes,
jrS on Wednesday.
Miss Greble's wedding gown. accord
ing to the guests at many spring cere-
monies. was without exception the hand
soonest of its kind. White satin and
several hundred years, yet Is never out
Of fashion. formed this ideal costume.
which was constructed along extremely
modern. up-to-date lines. Cream, rather
than ivory, tinted the satin and harmon
lied with the superb point lace, the
latter an heirloom il the brides fam
lily. The satin formed the round, close
skirt, which was totally untrimmed. also
the separate train which was court
length and square across the ends, but
started from the normal waist line. The
lace. originally founcing some twelve
inches deep. formed an extremely grace
full overdress in long points starting
from the belt and turning up sharply
toward the back. where they lost them
selves under pointed peplum. "A mar
row panel of tuile or Brussels net held
the edges of the founces together to
form the pointed overdress effect. A
shorter piece of the lace draped the
bodice in regulation fichu fashion with
well defined V back and front. This ar
rangement gave the long, draping Shout
der from which appeared satin and tulle
sleeves.
The V-cut neck was finished by French
tufle edged in lace matching the cap
Of rose point attached to the long tulle
bridal veil. A distinctive feature of Miss
Grebles regal gown, in addition to the
beauty of the rose point. was the severe
ly plain train. also the front OF the skirt.
The bridesmaids gowns were equally
smart and in the same excellent taste.
Close. narrow skirts Of satin in one of
the lighter weight varieties were COM
pletely covered in tiers of shadow lace.
The latter was so delicate as to show
several lines of pink rosebuds encircling
the foundation skirt. The bodices OF
these gowns followed somewhat the style
of the brides, except that the waist line
was marked by soft girdles of pink and
blue satin ribbon. The latter also FORM
ing short sash ends at the side Large,
white hats trimmed in pink roses with
generous bows of pink and blue ribbon
topped the bridesmaids costumes, which |
were seen to even better advantage at
the reception than during the short cere
mony at the church.
The gown worn by Mrs. Greble in this |
first wedding of her interesting family. |
was, in its way, quite as smart as the
bridal costume. If not of such historic |
value. This was one of the newest bro |
caded crepes something even lighter |