Velvet Evening Gowns for Debutantes and Dinners
The season features velvet gowns worn by young debutantes and women at dinners and dances. It highlights trains, draped skirts, and veiled decolletage, with ostrich trims and swathed turbans. A blue velvet opera costume with tulle sleeves and silver leaf hairpieces is illustrated, along with jetted net and brocade gowns and matching accessories.
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Christmas Wraps and Frocks Glam Up Holiday Season
A parade of dresses and wraps signals festive fashion. A pale pink taffeta dance frock features mauve floral trim and garlands. Christmas wraps key items include a purple gold velvet brocade evening cloak with mink cuffs and a coral pink velvet model with a rose fox collar.
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Paradise
Santa Claus
Elegant Christmas Table Settings for a Family Dinner
The article extols a beautifully appointed Christmas dinner table with rich china, glass, and silver. It describes a spacious room, green holly, red ribbons, and a Christmas cocktail on each plate. It details lighting a glass dome lantern into a giant bell and a smaller child table with nurse supervised seating.
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Hallowe'en
Santa Claus
Unusual Bridesmaids Frock At Afternoon Wedding
The maid of honor wore a black velvet short gown with a gold accent and fur edged bodice at a fashionable afternoon wedding. The bride wore a hydrangea blue chiffon gown heavily embroidered with bugles and a silver underslip, silver ribbon sash, and pale gray stockings.
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