London, July 21. Mr. Norman Hartnell "is at work: again on another Royal Visit Wardrobe. This will be ready in three months' time when the Queen goes to Belgium with the King. Until then, the designs which Mr. Hartnell has already been asked to submit will remain a secret between the Queen' and her dressmaker. The people of Belgium will be the first to soo Her Majesty's new wardrobe.
Tt must be very gratifying to Mtr. Hartnell to learn "that the frocks, coats. suits and hats he designed for the Queen to wear on her' recent visit to Canada and the United States: fare having a great influence on' greater popularity than now. The flower vogue reached its peak when debutantes at the last Court ofthe Season, decided to abandon jewellery and wear floral necklets and brace-Tots instead. Tt was generally agreed that thes looked more beautiful than the more usual, elaborate jewels.
Caps made of real flowers are no longer considered a freak fashion. Daily they find new admirers. We have now reached the stage when a girl can walk down Bond Street, a5 tone did this morning, and attract no undue attention, in a hat made entirely of real clover-heads, Her dress Was green and slim-fitting to suggest a flower stem, while the foundation fof her cap was a piece of green, Wwidesmesh net. The blossoms were stuck through the mesh, The clover cap is also a favourite with brides. Just now, Lady Anne Bridgeman, whose marriage to Vise count Cowdray takes place this month, has chosen these novel headdresses for hier bridesmaids, The aps will come right forward, almost ina point on the forehead, tying with. blue velvet ribbons at the back of the head, They are to be worn over cir~ cular tulle vells tinted to match the guipure lace. bodices of the bridesmaids! pale blue satin gowns, Hand-Painted Stockings Knee-length skirts are responsible for the latest stockings. These are decorated at the knees with hand-painted designs and have lately ar-Fived in London. At Hurlingham, woman polo spectator wore a pair which" were painted at the knees with white heart cherries, The stock-Ings were so thin that one might have thought the design had been painted fon to hor skin, As skitts get shorter fand shorter, we may expect still more foneitul stocking styles,
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