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| Illustration of fashionable gown from 1915. |
"With a white house bride to lead the procession the fall brides have marched right into the shops, they have taken possession of the dress-making strongholds, and wherever gowns or hats or muffs or boots are found there you will find the fall bride-and she is getting just as much fun, and perhaps just as much worry-out of her trousseau shopping as the fair lady at Washington who is compelled to do her shopping with the eye of the nation upon her.
What the white house bride will wear on her "day of days" is still much of a secret, but most other brides will wear white satin, or messaline, or Georgette crepe-- which means that brides will dress according to tradition rather than fashion.
The fall bride will affect simplicity in her wedding gown--notice the rather severe lines of the bridal robe I have sketched here from a design by Mme. Bailey of the Fashion Art League of America. The foundation is white satin with an overskirt of hand-run lace and hand-run lace is used in the lower part of the bodice with fine net embroidered red in crystal and pearl beads forming the upper part. The veil is caught into soft wide pleats and fastened at the back of the coiffure with a jeweled ornament that forms a Greek band around the head.
And don't overlook the length of the skirt. Seven inches from the ground. Which may not be dignified, but you cannot deny that it is smart."
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