In Route 309/415 Plaza Heart of Fashion iS bright, cheery sports and casual wear in the By CHARLOT M. DENMON latest of fashions for the young at Staff Correspondent heart. Such well-known fashions as “I've always loved clothes and Tomboy, Bobbie Brooks, Pal- my dream was to go into retail- metto, Coqui, Organically ing,” said Donna Morrow, owner Grown, Oui, Sergio and Gitano of Heart of Fashions, the new can be found in the new shop. shop in Route 309 & 415 Plaza, Senior high and college students Memorial Highway, Dallas. “It’s will find their favorite jumpsuits, my first venture in the retail sweaters, cropped pants sets, clothing business, but I love it. I Bonkers, the big shirt, skirts, wanted a shop that was bright short sets, golf skirts,” bathing and cheerful; that’s why I used suits and much, much more in the heart motif.” junior and missie sizes. hot : The new clip earrings, tha Bright and cheerful Heart of .,,5 100k are gh item and Fashions certainly is, with its all kinds can be found at the large heart-shaped counter, con- yeqrt of Fashions as well as structed by a local craftsman, in 11-060 beads and belts. the center of the shop and the Donna, Who is a native of the heart-shaped clock on the wall. Back Mountain, graduated from Burgundy red carpeting COVers panaqgigh School, and is look- the floor and full-length mirrors ing forward to seeing many of are mounted on the sidewalls of her former friends in her new the shop. Directly across from shop which is open Monday Dallas Post/Charlot M. Denmon the Sivas Coke re through Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 6 Note anniversary DO Ha waious styles Pm. and Thursday through Sat: Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lamoreaux, W. Franklin St., Shaver- they try. Lid from 19 am. os Bo Dallas Post/Chariot M. Denmon town, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with an 3 young t will find that Store owner Donna and her husband, Eric, young at heart w in a D M iot i Heart. of Fashi | ted in Open House on Sunday, May 26. The couple are parents of opened Heart of Fashions, May ‘‘something different” at the onna Morrow, proprietor of Heart of Fashions locate three children, William, Elmer and Gail Kaskulon. They also 2, with a large inventory of Heart of Fashions. the Route 309-415 Plaza, greets customers from the have two grandchildren, Bradley and David. : custon-crafted heart-shaped counter as they enter the shop. 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Wedding traditions unromantic According to the Census Bureau, some 2.5 million couples tied the knot in 1984, and more than 300,000 of them did so in June, America’s favorite month for traditional wed- dings. Today’s June Bride, however, might be surprised to learn just how far back the roots of our traditions reach. Her counterpart in ancient Rome wore a veil and flowers, shared a wedding cake with guests, was given a ring, showered with rice and carried over the threshold. Bernard Jacoupy, owner of Ber- nard’s restaurant in Los Angeles and founder of Les Amis de Grand Marnier, an organization that devotes itself to the theory and practice of romance and romantic customs, points out that ‘many of the wedding customs we practice today date back to the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans.” “Interestingly enough, some of our favorite wedding traditions - suzh as carrying the bride over the threshold - have decidedly unroman- tic origins,”” he explains. This custom began with the birth of Rome when Romulus, the city’s founder, sought brides for his bach- elor warriors. When the neighboring people, the Sabines, refused to give up their daughters, Romulus invited the families to a feast. On cue, the Romans rushed into the crowd and abducted the young women. And, from ‘The Rape of the Sabine Women’ comes the symbolic abduc- tion the groom practices today. Some customs that are more romantic in origin include: — The wedding ring, which has always been a symbol of unity and of the contract of marriage, was used in ancient Egypt and was probably made of iron. Rings were also held to have magical proper- ties, provided they were perfectly round and unadorned. — The fourth finger of the hand was chosen as the ‘ring finger” in that digit was in direct communi- cation with the heart. — Wedding cakes before the time of Elizabeth I were dry, brittle biscuits that were thrown over the head of the bride and groom because wheat was a symbol of fertility. During the reign of Eliza- beth, the bland biscuits were replaced by sweet buns, and later by large cakes which were also (rather messily) thrown over the couple’s heads. — The ancient Greeks threw rice and dried fruit over the bride and groom to encourage fertility. Another symbol of fertility is that of the child bearing flowers - the flower girl. — Brides did not wear white until the 16th century - in fact, they usually just wore their best dress, purely for economic reasons. — In early Christian ceremonies, the priest placed a wreath of flow- ers upon the head of both bride and groom to signal the start of the ceremony. Usually, the wreath was made of orange blossoms. Since ancient times orange blossoms have been considered the flower of romance and the orange the fruit of love. Today, products made from oranges such as Grand Marnier, the aromatic and romantic liqueur, con- tinue to symbolize this celebration of love. — The ‘something blue” of the traditional bride’s rhyme dates back to the ancient Israelites, who dressed the new bride in a blue ribbon as a symbol of purity, love and fidelity. The ‘‘sixpence in her when the bridge brought three coins, one for the husband, one for household gods and one for prosper- ity. The ‘something borrowed” was for good luck. Something old and borrowed was considered even FJ
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