APRIL 21, 1961
Fashion Fosters Freakish Fads
This mad rush to find something different in clothes starts about a week before Easter.
Customers flock to stores which are decorated with huge Easter bunnies wearing the latest in millinery creations. After the shopping spree is over and the poor bunnies have been stripped of their finery, the Easter parade begins.
This old institution has long been the scene of fabulous though sometimes monstrous attire. Although there must be many Easter Parades, New York's Fifth Avenue is renowned for its unusual procession.
As you look on, hats almost as big as their wearers, pass by. Some of these creations look like walking aviaries. Canaries and robins peek out at you from behind the
Hats (?) are not the only odd things seen parading down the avenue on a bright spring day. The female population seems to go crazy over color in the spring. They not only go crazy over color, but the names seem to excite them greatly. This year, colors are being named for fruits and vegetables. Some of these appetizing little gems are avocado green, lemon yellow, pomegranate red, grape purple, and orange orange.
These colors are put to good use in the new cotton fashions. (They'd look better as stoplights).
I sometimes have doubts as to the sanity of fashion designers and often wonder if they once worked in a circus, deciding to name a few styles with circus terms. (The trapeze dress, the balloon and the sack; the sack is used for peanuts.)
This gives you some idea of what to look out for this spring.