FASHION NOTES.
THE RAGE FOR ORCHIDS. THE INTERCHANGEABLE DRESS. (By A PARIS EXPERT.) It is the open season for orchids again, and the florists are busily designing new ways of presenting this most delicate of flowers. There is the "orchid corsage," with an orchid in the centre, and a border of violets and leaves framing it. The orchid corsage always accompanies naturellement —the orchid dress which is usually in orchid tulle, caught here and there amid the flounces, with these delicate blooms. It is as if a flower had unfolded its outer petals to show the secret of the bud.
Then there is tho single orchid, for evening wear. It is perched on the shoulder of the gown, and looks very like a butterfly, just poised for flight.
There is also tho orchid basket, for tho apartment. 111 this case, not only
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 117, 20 May 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)
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