Arizona state miner., 1925-03-21
Pleasing Tints Characterize
Dainty Models Fea-
tured in South.

The southern Fairgrounds Of the af-
fluent have made demand for a ward
robe that seems to indicate the styles
for spring and early summer. The
presentation Of these styles, observes
a fashion correspondent in the New
York Times, is a boon to the woman of
fashion.
There is just now wealth of ideas
drawn from the highest sources of art
and adapted somewhat after past ex-
perience to the requirements of the
chic American woman. With as keen
enthusiasm as that at the fashion
years beginning, the costume makers
Of Paris and America and the smart
shOpkeepers prepare for the Palm
Beach season.
Since the advance models were
shown, Immediately after the final sale
of winter clothes and sports togs, new
ideas in every type of dress of the
lighter sort are being displayed. The
variants are a delight. There are new
styles, graceful lines, beautiful fabrics
and colOrs that seem to have depleted
the artists full palette.
Great Array of CoIors.
The spring flowers that fill the big
shop windows rival the fabrics that
are displayed in quantities. Rowing
about where manufacturers and i'm
porters display their wares, one finds
entertainment all the way in the col
Ors that ravish the eyes. In the win
dOws of one dignified establishment
alone are shown, in festoOns and dra-
peries, soft crepes in apple green,
violet, cyclamen pink, leaf brown and
salmon. Where only silk is dealt in
you see orange, corn silk, yellow, cafe
au-lait and tiger lily alternated with
mignOnette, reseda and absinthe green
Lilac pulsates between violet,
mauve and iris purple, and the cool
shades are lost in orgies of color that
are almost intoxicating All of these
are in silk, which is the piece de re-
sistance in this young season. Whether
presented in crepe, chiffon, georgette
or whatever it must still be of the ma
ture of silk.
In the fabrics that are intended for
the semi-trOpics it Is imperative that
the designers shall be acquainted with
certain color values and contrasts. For
these in the Avenue recognize the eff
feet of southern atmospheric condi-
tiOns, the deadly purple and hibiscus
red. Vivid cOlOrs that are so lovely
under northern skies take on a harsh
brilliance in tropical sun rays and
ocean sparkle To be comfortable to
the sight clothes must be softened for
sunlight and moonlight
In every phase of dress color is en-
phasiZed this season, and grows more
important as styles are evolved. SO
many colors and shades are shown that
It is quite impossible to select any one
as being all the rage, but one is so
cOnspicuously lovely as to have dis
tinct vogue all its own. 1t is that dig
nified pure soft pink which the artists
call by it's floral name, cyclamen.
1t is presented in the finest materials
of soft teXture-in crepe, marquiSette
and chiffon particularly. 1t is one of
those cOlors that is not easily COM
bined with another The handsomest
gowns done in cyclamen pink are self
trimmed, or are ornamented with crys-
tai, pearl or silver beads in some deli
cate pattern, and are often edged with
fringe. Cyclamen is one of the few
colorS that serve well as a background
for designs outlined in beads, and
some charming models are shown in
this combination
In the lightweight sports suits and
frocks for morning and general street
wear colors are gentler than they were
Original Suits Ar,