Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 161, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1918 — COLORS FOR WEDDING GOWNS [ARTICLE]

COLORS FOR WEDDING GOWNS

English Brides Responsible for Change in Styles That May Relegate White to Rear. Some English brides have been upsetting wedding traditions lately in the choice of costumes for themselves and their attendants, writes a correspondent. Not so very long ago a green-clad bridal procession would have been looked upon as a direct invitation to bad luck, yet four bridesmaids in jade green and silver looked charming indeed at a recent, wedding. Equally pleasing were other bridal attendants ip gowns of turquoise blue and shot metallic tissue. But these were as nothing compared with the wedding gown of the bride of a British general. Deep cream-colored charmeuse brocade was the material. The style was copied from the mediaeval, and the crowning touch of “differentness” was in the bouquet, bright red tulips instead of the conventional mass of whiteness. Then there is a rumor, too, of an all-qink wedding gown being made for someone who declines to submit to the complexiontrying ordeal of wearing white satin in daylight