1930s Bridal Fashions
The June 1933 Delineator magazine featured the ever-popular bride, 30s style. She wears, the editors said, "a wedding dress of white satin ribbon, created by Worth. The ribbon is put together with faggoting. A voluminous tulle veil is held by a ruche at the nape of the neck and a roll of tulle over the head. The bride carries white roses and blue larkspur. Her small attendant wears a frock of blue satin ribbon with short puff sleeves and a braided ribbon belt. Her cap is also ribbon."
The September 1933 issue of the same magazine featured a bridal spread, titled "Church Wedding." From left to right, it showcased a maid of honor dress of "pansy-blue, a new color…The crispness of her taffeta dress, with out-standing shoulders is a foil for the bridal white satin." The bride wear "the gown Helen Twelvetrees wears in Disgraced. The yoke is tucked net but the sleeves are tulle, 'melting' pleasantly into the veil." The editors also advised, "dress your bridesmaids in heavy sheer and they will thank you for giving them something they can wear afterwards. The fichu comes off, leaving a dinner-y dress beneath."
The same issue of The Delineator featured a suggested bridal trousseau, perfect for the early 1930s woman. The illustrations on the left are: "The going-away outfit. She chooses a suit for a dramatic get-away. Or, if she is marrying simply, at the City Hall, she wears this for the ceremony, too. It is eel brown ribbed wool and the fur is flattering blue fox." "Her wool gadabout frock. For this backbone-f-the-trousseau frock she hits on olive green, with the touch of satin that is inevitable on smart wool frocks. The beret and the gloves are sating too." "Her dress-up frock. It's satin-and she uses the dull side for the dress itself, the shiny side for the small touches. It would be marvelous in rosy red, but every bit as smart in black or eel brown."
"A go-with-everything wrap. It's a wager one-the smartest wrap of the year. It belongs to her white frock but it's worn with the dinner dress, too. If she prefers a contrasting fabric, we suggest velvet or bengaline." "Her 'grand' evening frock. To look grandest, this season, white satin is the thing at night. That's why we urge it for this frock with the Vionnetish neckline. The wrap belonging to this dress is the black one." "And this for small evenings. A dress that can take dinners, dancing, the theatre, or any other kind of 'don't dress' evening in its stride. It's black satin and the coat of the white satin frock will go perfectly with it."
(c) 2004 by Kristina Harris
07/27/2015