Arizona republican., 1922-04-17
PER|W|NKLE T
BLUES TONE
EASTER STEP
IN new YORK
New Shade Is Dominant
Note of Color Medley
That Marks Annual
Easter Parade Along
Fifth Avenue
fRspubIIean A. P. Leased wIrel


NEW YORK, April 16.-Manhat-
tap's famous Easter parade was set
IN step today to q Sartorial SYM
phony-the PeAWinkle Blues.
The new shade was the dominant
note in the color medley that bril-
liantly filled old Fifth avenue from
Central Park down to the shadow Of
the Washington arch.
As to color the Easter parade was
= veritable crescendo, with the pleas
1ngly soft periwinkle blue everywhere
IN dominance. There was no group
complete without it; its choice was
confined to no one age or class or
even complexion. Occasional crea-
tons of one or the other of the more
sombre hues were invariably light
ened-on the hat. the bodice or the
skirt-with a touch of the shade that
seemingly claims milady's sole al
Iegiance of the moment.
The parade was in progress most
OF the day, but it did not really
start, of course. until the churches of
the ayenue dismissed their morning
congregations shortly after noon. A
kindly providence did its bit in pro-
voding day of blue and silver shot
through with gold-a perfect day.
The trees, the grass and the rare
spaces given to growing flowers, were
IN the spirit of the occasion, seem
1ngiy. providing, with Fifth avenues
conglolnerate blocks of churches,
slightly passe mansions and brilliant
shops. striking background for the
years most famous pageant.
Many were the paraders-the flap
pers as well as their older sisters
who knew full well the value of the
Sedate cathedral and church en-
frances as backgrounds to their brill
Haney. These al1stere doorways
framed the naive peacockings of
thousands a. a preclude to the prom
enade up and down the avenue They
left the churches slowly lingering
in their frames for just the proper
time to register an effect, before they
joined the gay cavaIcade.
There were many striking cos
tunes and an array of color under
the orerlordShip of periWinfIe blue.
Long -ftfnged capes of black MANY
OF them lined with lipstick red, or
S0rmounted by hats of rough straw
az the new red, or orange, or dull
gold, or emerald green, with here and
there a vagrant wisp of jade, seemed
second in popularity of tailored suits
OF the new shade. Fully a third of
the paraders, it seemed, were caped.
many of the peliwinkie blue suits
having capes Of the same material
attached.
Beads were very much in evidence.
All manners of gowns We're relieved
In beads, many Of them in rather fan
tastic array. Tailored suits, for the
most part, were almost severely
plain. with long lines suggesting
dignity but avoiding any hint of
austerity. Beaded gowns of satin
and crepe, in pearl gray, champagne.
bEown taupe of fawn were striking
features.
No one authority had dictated the
length Of the skirts. They were of
all degrees of length or brevity.
Milady IN all stations of life SEEM
ingly suited herself on that score.
Any deficiency in skirt length was
made up by flashes of sillzen hose. in 4
which champagne, pearl gray. flesh,
black and periwinkle blue predoini
mated. No central authority dictated
the shoes. either. They were in va
riety, mostly black, with pumps of
one, two or three straps. Patent
leather was most prominent.
Three of the family of furs held
fav0rite place about the feminine
neck-platinum fox, stone marten or
squirrel. OF course, there was an oc-
casional cape collar fringe of mon
key fur. but 1t was so scarce as to be
conspicuous Strings of pearls ruled
sS gem ornaments, with dangling ear
rings very much to the fore.
Hats, for the most part, were bril-
liant IN color, though those who claim
10 know declared them to be rather
mediocre in design. That is. there
was seemingly little Imagination on
this score. But what they lost in
original shapes, they made up in
daring colors- emerald greens, lip
stick reds and burnt oranges. Nor
was periwinkle blue ignored by the
milliners. Rough straws ruled, with
silk and satin creations in q decided
minority. 1
Oh, the men. Yes they were there
in equal numbers. But the silk top
pers. the severe cutaways. the pearl
gray spatted black shoes. the striped
gray trousers, were their main con-
tributions to the parade. It was dis
tinctly feminine affair.