.. when fashion was changing. Being a trendsetter did not always mean being well coordinated. Here is Ena, in ermine, silk, and the Royal pearls (of course), sporting a 1920’s number at a dedication ceremony, proving pearls do not necessarily always go with everything (as they would say later in the ’50’s).
Note that by this time silk was no longer the crisp and starchy taffeta of her grandmother and greatgrandmother, but a soft, drapy fabric that clung to the body – unless it was worn in the very straight style of the era.