Wedding Fashion Etiquette of 1929

Usually children should wear simple clothes, but weddings are one time when they are dressed picturesquely so that they belong in the pageant of the wedding procession.

MEDIEVAL WEDDING DRESSES ARE ALWAYS EFFECTIVE

When Lucille Rogers was married she chose to dress her attendants in medieval costumes. For herself she chose a heavy satin in deep, deep ivory. The tulle veile matched it in shade. The dress was made with long bodice plain and tight-fitting. The skirt had a long train which hung in two panels. Her attendants wore dresses with ivory transparent velvet bodices and skirts of georgette. The georgette was in three flat tiers, the first being a light shade, the second darker and the third deepest of all, One maid had three shades of rose, another of yellow, another of green and the last of lavender. The bodice was cut low in the back and depending from the bodice was a large soft, two-looped bow, with ends which formed short trains.

The flower girls wore quaint dresses of washable fine voile. The dresses were short waisted and puff sleeved. The three tiered skirts were of pale pink, a deeper shade and then a soft rose.

At another wedding the ring bearer was in white satin with white satin pillow. His little blouse had a frill of soft satin at the neck. The little girl had a dress with a deep Bertha collar which was caught up on one shoulder with grosgrain ribbon. Both of these children were pictures. Their mothers had had sense enough not to curl the hair. It fell loosely and naturally, and did not have the frizzy look that hair so often has. Usually children should wear simple clothes, but weddings are one time when they are dressed picturesquely so that they belong in the pageant of the wedding procession. - Nancy Page By Florence La Ganke, San Pedro News Pilot, 1929

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