The Archive · 1938

White Lace

Miss Joan Carrel was dressed in white lace with a silver buckle and silver shoes and bag. As ornament she wore a pearl and ruby pendant. Miss Jean McNicoll wore an Early Victorian frock of pale turquoise net embroidered in pink rosebuds, and completed by a crystal necklace. Miss Kathleen Clark chose a Paton gown of white embroidered claque made with a long waist and full skirt. The waist was clasped with diamenté and. white gardenias edged her off-the-shoulders sleeves. Silver shoes and a white bag were her accessories and. she wore a silver pendant.

Miss Frances Long wore a bouffant frock of white taffeta, the bodice, with its heart-shaped neckline and off-the-shoulder sleeves, being. hand-embroidered in gold thread in a solid design. White gardenias were in her hair, and she wore gold shoes and carried a gold purse. Miss Jean Todd's Victorian frock was of pearl-coloured French tulle with matching taffeta slip, the off-the-shoulder neckline caught with a posy of old-world flowers. The full skirt was embroidered with true-lovers' knots of ruched tulle. Her shoes and bag were silver. Miss Margery Eynon wore pale blue and white flowered georgette made in redingote st falling over a white taffeta slip, completed by silver shoes.

Mrs. W. J. Keswick wore a dress of white slipper satin made with a tight bodice and full skirt. Over was worn a Fraser tartan sash held in place by a diamond brooch. The red of the Fraser tartan was finely complemented by the green of hen emerald and diamond necklace, jade end diamond ring and earrings, and the "diamond brooch on her corsage. Mrs. C. S. Franklin's purple velvet gown had a red and green chiffon scarf. Gold shoes, bag and gold jewellery completed the en-Semble. Mrs. A. P. D. Telfer-Smollett was in flame and gold brocade and wore a diamond tiara.

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