The Archive · 1938

Grecian Style

Mrs. Harry E. Yarnell wore a dress of white and gold lame, her jewels being pearls. Mrs. Ranald G. Me-Donald's Lanvin model of black velvet had a pale jade-green capelet embroidered in silver and paillettes. Her elbow-length sleeves were separate from her frock anc were embroidered to match. Her high swirled headdress was encrusted with silver and paillettes and fastened with a jade-green comb. She wore jade earrings. Miss D. Bowden's dr of cyclamen satin was cut on Grecian lines.

Mrs. H. Martin Little had chosen a princess gown in French moire of a magenta shade. Over it was a coat of Coronation brocade. As ornament she wore a platinum and diamond pendant. Miss Merren Martin Little's frock was a Balenciaga model of white cellophane-checked taffeta and silver lame worn with an old-fashioned necklace of green peridot and pearls. "Mrs. C. B. Ogilvie was in silver lame cut very simply. Her chiffon sash was in two shades of red and she wore silver shoes and carried a silver bag.

Mrs. R. D. Murray wore a Molyneux model of midnight-blue lace cut on very slender lines, the bodice embroidered with sequin flowers in the same shade. Her shoes were silver and her bag of silver sequins. Her tiara was of small midnight-blue ostrich feathers tipped with silver. Mrs. A. Pollock's model Victorian frock was of Burgundy velvet and crêpe, with shoes-and bag to match. Mrs. M. Reader Harris was in peach-coloured chiffon velvet gathered at the waist and shoulders. Her shoes and bag were gold.

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