Mcallen Daily Monitor

(Associated Press Staff Writer)

NEW YORK, July 11—A snow storm of white accessories has swept the fashion world. White hats, gloves, bags, belts and buttons add cool touches to warm weather clothes for town wear. White sports clothes are favorites for the country club and white jackets and accents are good almost anywhere. The vogue for white—strongest it has been in years—is part of a growing trend to keep women cool, comfortable and chic at the same time.

White Hats, Too
White hats—straw "Merry Widow," medium sized Bretons or boyish caps, flower toques and sharkskin berets—top printed or plain black and navy frocks. White bags—flat envelopes or deep handled models—with white linings and fittings accompany sports and street clothes. Narrow white leather belts, little wider than a finger, and white buttons give 1936 accents to navy, black and cocoa linen frocks. White washable cotton and doeskin gloves are much worn.

Many women are wearing their dark frocks with a three or five strand necklace of pearls. Others thrust a bouquet of frosty white flowers somewhere on a black dress and one smart New Yorker is carrying handkerchiefs of white chiffon as big as a man's. White shoes are worn with sports togs though the smartest women do not wear them with their town clothes.

And Sports Clothes
White sports clothes are having a big season. In the new smooth-surfaced sharkskin, which gleams like the frosting on a cake, and in linens there are quantities of two piece ensembles and suits, while in crepe there are a number of simple spectator sport frocks. White evening gowns are here too. Both white sports and evening clothes, however, are almost invariably accented by a touch of color. Polka dot Ascot scarfs, embroidered anchors and the like give a fashion fillip to outdoor togs, while a cluster of flowers or a colorful girdle add seasoning to white dance frocks of silk muslin or chiffon.

And Wraps
White wraps are much in the picture. One of the smartest answers to the troublesome question of what to wear in town when it's hot is a dark linen frock with a cut out sunback and a short sleeved white jacket. Some of the most dashing evening wraps of the season are hip-length capes of white kidskin, and the sports mode is liberally sprinkled with short white swagger coats.

Besides these white effects, hundreds of dark frocks are marked with white accents—a rippling frill of organdy, white linen collar and cuffs of a crisp white pique bow.