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with the traditional lines. But contrast of both line and color,
she wishes the decision to be her although there are occasions
own.
when the reverse is true. White
The satin fabrics of today are is the bride's color, but that
very different from the stiff, does not prevent the modern
"stand-alone" materials of his­ bride from introducing color into
tory. They fit into the general the ensemble, if she wishes. A
scheme of things excellently recent important wedding saw a
well, and can be depended upon stately bride in white satin that
to do anything that is required was made rarely beautiful by a
of them. Variety makes for be- train—depended from the waist
comingness, and it means, in this —of peach-colored satin. It was
instance, that the slender bride brought further into relief by
need not be smothered in a frock the costumes of her attendants,
that really calls for a stately which were planned for exactly
woman. On the other hand, the that purpose.
bride who appears most charm­ Her honor maid wore a boufing
in a modern adaptation of a fant frock of point d'esprit, and
mediaeval frock, need not be it was white; but it was effec­
forced to wear a robe de style, tively trimmed with a huge bus­
which is not her type at all. tle bow of green taffeta, and
Variety in fabrics means becom- there was a bow to match on the
ingness—all women do not find large white hat. The other maids
satin becoming, even though it wore frocks of green point d'es­
may be the material of tradition, prit and large green hats to
when it comes to brides. It is, match, trimmed with shaded
in every sense of the word, a green leaves. The bouquets of
satisfactory situation.
the maids were made of Spring
The wise bride arranges the flowers that linked the white and
costumes of her attendants with the green and the peach togeth­
one purpose in view—they are er with Spring shades of blue—
the background of the grouping delphinium the flower, daisies
during the ceremony. They af­ and snapdragons. Color is, howford,
in most instances, a direct ever, unusual, and may be
viewed in the light of an innovation.
It is indicative of the freedom
that the modern woman
'OR the past 82
uears Revjmers' has
teen growing with the
claims—in fashion and in life; it
is a defiance of tradition.
The sheath-like wedding frock
may be offset by maids' frocks
in period style; \he bride, in a
robe de style, may carry out a
note of contrast through simple
straight - line frocks; or, the
same idea may be carried out all
the way through. It is truly a
note of modernism, the introduc­
citvj.
tion of immediate fashions into
a wedding gown; an example of
The latest Reumers de­ this, a satin frock, sleeveless,
velopment now ahout worn with a jacket of Georgette,
reachj will Le announced long-sleeved, and edged with
Thursday,
lace. Sleeves were never missing
in the olden days; today they
Mavj 31st
exist but rarely. One has visions
of the prayer-book and of lilies—
and will give to the citij
downtown an important
new resource of interest
to all Pittskurghers.
"tall, cool and fair," when the
satin frock is sleeved and collared
and comes, in long,
straight folds, very nearly, or
even to, the floor.
239 Filth Avenue
The maids may be gowned
Oliver Building
alike, with the exception of the
Jenkins Arcade
Union Trust Building
6018 Penn Avenue, E. E.
Forbes and Atwood Streets
maid of honor, or they may be
paired off—two each of a color.
When the latter idea is carried
out, there may be a link to bind
the colors into a symphony—
(Continued on Pase 15)
Spring Season
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