Evening star., 1925-09-20

n | looks to France for in
wv spiration concerning the
fashion of her hat or her
street frock or dance
frock. her wraps. her shoes. and the
hundred and one little accessories that t
make up the sum total OF her ac-
coutrement. she usually finds some-
thing that she regards as trihesex-
treme. French fashions in most as
poets have to he toned down a trif1e
to suit American prejudices.
This state OF affairs stops short be-
fore one gets to wedding gowns, for
the French idea seems to beat least
for the great ma jority OF we'll eondi-
toned French folk-that -the~kown .
girl dons when she becomes a bride
should he most circupspect, most
conservative. 1t Is long sleeved, high
at the throat. even ong-skirted when
1t Ia a rare event to weafa skiFfsfhat
comes much below the knees.
OF course, there are less, conserva7
tive, more picturesque wedding gowns
that hear the stamp of French work
manship. but they do not usually
hear the stamp of French approval.
For several seasons now the conserva-
tive French wedding gown almost al.
ways has been of sheath type.
draped slightly up over one hip. 1t
was long -sleeved and showed a per-
fectly straight. untrimmed bodice
often made. to be sure, of rich fab
ric. The new wedding gowns, for the
most part, show bit more fulling
and are often made with the new
circular fullness at side and back.
Quite often the wedding gown Is de-
cidedly the longest gown In the bride 8
trouSseau.
Though Turkish women are laying
aside their wells by government edict,
wedding wells still remain in vogue,
at least in the enlightened Occident.
Students doubtless might explain that
the wedding veil Is a hangover from
the days when bride was led to the
altar as trembling slave-or some
thing of that sort. But even the most
modern of women does not hesitate to
wear veil on her wedding day
providing it is becoming.
From France always come inter
esting examples of the arrangement
OF the wedding veil-a SIX which ha 9
undergone some change since the days
when girls wore long hair. For it is
one thing to arrange lace or tulle over
a soft foundation of coiled and puffed
hair and another to arrange it over
hair as close cropped as that OF the
bride esroom himself.
The large tulle veil which was for
merly puffed to form a fun sort of
nedUpleCe ana dHON ell W ItOdl SCh-
erously out over and around the
brides head and thence around her
shoulders and down the back is
usually laid over the head quite
simply now sometimes without a sim
gle fold or hit of fullness. One French
bride recently noted wore long tulle
veil that extended in front as low
as the hips and we'll over the train
in back 1t was placed over the head
perfectly plainly and then held in
place by a diadem of real orange
blossoms and myrtle blossoms. wide
al the front and narrowing down at
the side.
Another interesting French bride
recently wore a close fitting silver
cap with tulle veil draped over 1t.
while at the left side was posed a
very large artificial white Gala lily.
with three long green stems hanging
down over the shoulder. Another
tulle veil. long in the back and just
covering the face in front. is fastened
by silver fillet around the brow and
across the back of the head. with a
round rosette of tiny white rosebuds
artificial this time-posed over the
right ear. Another tulle veil Of the
same sort was fastened with white
cord passing over the forehead. but
covered with bandeau of artificial
orange blossoms at the back, cover
Ing all sight of the close haircut