Duchess of Kent both wore blue, but of very different shades, jüst as their ensembles differed entirely in style.
A deep tone of: hatter in a Reavy crêpe romain made the Duchess of Gloücester's gown, and it had sleeves trithmed at the cuffs with coque fea-illers dyed to match the material.
There were more feathers on her smart little hut. which was trimmed underneath with leaves.
The Duchess of Kent's dress and short coat were of delicate aqua-Marine, the skirt cut calf length, the hat and slippers matching. Her felt hat was "made" by the rather coarsefnéshed veil fastened to the crown by big diamond brooch. It floated down over one shoulder as far as her elbow.
Like the Queen, the Princess Royal wore white lace over a black satin fotihdation, and à picture hat of black and white.
Oiled Silk Ensemble One of the fashion eccentricities of the season was noted A yoiing racegoer who had evident-1y decided to take no Ascot chances With the threatening skies appeared in en duty composed entirely of oil silk.
A palë shade of lily-leaf green was the colour of her ensemble, which consisted of a long garden party type öt dress, accompanied by a picture Hat, diso mate of oil silk.
'A little umbrella of the same material completéa this most novel ensembe, "Turquoise Blue And Black One of the followers of the blue vogue was Mrs, Neville Chamberlain Soft duck-egg blue was the colour she chose for her walking-length dress, which was patterned with black Over this Shë wore a bläck coat and a plain black straw hat with a fairly wide brim. Her accessories were all black.
The little turquoise earrings which she wore picked up the colour of her dress.
As å precaution against the weather the Primë Minister's wife had a silver fox tie and an umbrella put into her car before starting out for Ascot.
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