Evening star., 1936-04-22
BY MARGARET WARNER.

TT Is a season of flowers no matter
how you look at it. Floral fra
grances in perfumes, every lapel
L boasting its nosegay, more flow
ers blooming on hats than We have
seen in years. and now garden prints
are making their appearance in crepe
and chiffon and continuing the theme
in very charming manner indeed.
There is a certain lightness and
delicacy about small patterned floral
print of chiffon that is quite irresist-
ible and particularly expressive of the
Summer season. They have pep and
fare and are such fun to wear. Dali
sizes are telling their story again this
season and pop up in reds, yellows,
purples and blues, but daisies just the
same. The daring colors and fantas-
tic patterns give the print its move
ment and make 1t graceful to wear.
Sprigs Of mint are grouped with vivid
field f1owers-then other materials are
patterned with light, airy bubbles and
the tulip holds its own in more for
NAL design.
For garden parties. for luncheons
and afternoon teas what could be
more appropriate and attractive than
one of these rev prints worn with a
large brimmed hat and accessories that
accent one of the flower colors? In
fact, the use of colored gloves and bag
with the Summer prints marks them
as distinctly of the current season and
overcomes any tendency to monotony
that they might otherwise have.
TO SHOW Washington women just
how delightful these prints can be,
and to emphasize their appropriate
ness for many occasions, most in
teresting and unusual parade of fash
ions was given last week in one of our
shops. 1t was outstanding in that
these newest creations of a prominent
young American designer were brought
down from New York by airplane one
morning and shown here the same
afternoon-that being the day follow
ing a similar presentation in New
York City.
Amid a delightful setting of ram
bier roses climbing over garden trel-
lises. with a profusfon Of ferns and
growing gardenias, mannequins
strolled along a garden walk display
ing their frocks to an admiring audi
ence and turned a chilly afternoon
into Summer atmosphere.
In quick succession the models fol-
lowed one another, each delightful in
itself and showing the greatest va
riety Of color schemes and price ranges
to suit all tastes. First appeared q
frock of dark blues and greens on
white under navy sheer redingote
with wide-brimmed Leghorn hat
trimmed with blue bows. one Of which
perched on the edge of the brim at
center front. Dark blue gloves and
bag and white lilacs instead of bow
at the neck made a stunning en-
semble.
PRACTICALLY all Of the frocks
shown had backgrounds of white
with the floral designs in sufficiently
light tone to keep the whole effect
very high in key and essentially sum-
merry looking. A white crepe printed
in chaudron and green used green
suede gloves and green velvet band
on the Panama hat to give it the
necessary color accents, and a hand
some sable fur piece gave an added
air Of elegance. White shoes were
worn with many of the frocks.
Bright blue gloves, belt and hat
trim were the attractive features
of a white crepe with floral pattern
in blues with touches of mint green.
ALI the frocks were tightly fitted
around the hips with fullness toward
the hem and quite short. Sleeves
varied but we're inclined to be short
rather than full length. One two
piece frock had It's skirt entirely
pleated Two Of the costumes IN.