The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-25
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Practicality Marks June Brides
 Outfit For an Informal Wedding
By MARIAN YOUNG

Dy N0&AA@A<A4V AOOANN
 (NEA Service Staff Correspondent)
 New York.-Smart bridal outfits for informal weddings are as prac- tical as they are flattering. Whether she's married before an improvised altar in the living room with only members of the immediate families gathered around, in the rectory or in the garden, the June bride who plans small, informal wedding picks her own costume with an eye to wearing it good deal later on.
 For an afternoon wedding in her home, the bride may choose a dinner dress type gown of lace, silk sheer, organdy, mousseline or some other summery fabric. If she wants to wear it for little dinners and to the theater next fall and winter as well as this summer, she's more likely to choose lace or silk than one of the frothy, summery materials.
 Whether the bride wears a hat or a veil with a long lace dress depends, of course, on the size and formality of the wedding. In either case, the bridegroom wears clothes in keeping with her cos- tune. If she picks long lace dress and hat, he may wear dark business suit. If she wears a formal veil, he chooses morn ing suit (striped trousers and 8 cutaway).
 May Wear Street Costume
 For a simple ceremony in the rectory or at home, a becoming street costume is right. The bride who plans to leave on 8 honey moon directly after the wedding usually wears something that is appropriate for travelling. It may be two-piece suit of benga- line, faille or other heavy silk, worn with a rather dressy hat perhaps with a veil-and a shoul- der corsage. Or it can be one of the new suits of cototn lace with tweedy, homespun-like finish. One especially lovely suit of this type includes a skirt of navy lace, frilly white blouse and loose- hanging, straight, three-quarter length coat of white lace with navy lining.
 A pretty print dress under a solid color, short swagger coat in silk or sheer wool also is appro- priate for an informal wedding in rectory or the living room of the brides home. The flower in her shoulder corsage can match the colors in the print, and her hat can be as tailored or as dressy as she likes. In this case, her maid of honor would wear sim liar kind of ensemble, and the groom a dark business suit with white or dark red carnation in his buttonhole.
 Naturally, street suit or even a street-length, silk dress seems sfaout of place in garden, however gown may be ever so simple and quite right for dinner danc- ing later on, but it ought to be floor length and in Q light color. Organdy, mousseline, net, lace and so on are the most popular materials for garden wedding dresses.
 While the formal wedding calls for a white bridal gown of course. and the garden ceremony for a pastel shade, small simple wed- dings as home or in the rectory do not. The idea that a bride must choose light color regardless of where the ceremony takes place is outmoded. If she wears a suit, 1t can be navy blue, dark green, brown, even black. An da street. length dress ought to be in a shade which will look smart on the street later on. White or pastel gloves, bright flowers on her hat and the real flowers on her corsage take away any somber look a dark, two-piece suit or a i dark street dress might have.