On the podium, beneath a beam decorated with red and white crepe and more cardboard strawberries, is a stepladder.

"Well - " Pete is looking up, studying the beam with its intertwined fluffs of red and white crepe.

The dress itself, white crepe with rhinestone buttons, has held up surprisingly well.

The trousers were particularly attractive in white or navy crepe with matching jackets.

A white crepe jacket fastens with a frog-closing on the chest and is worn over a matching blouse.

The last three pieces in the show were white crepe long dresses, quietly elegant and serene.

Tulips on white crepe were impressive in a two-piece long dress headed for summer weddings.

Transformed for Evening A second group includes a long jacket that can be worn with matching pants or a skirt, all in white crepe.

The bony white crepe myrtle trees were still bare, but that was to be expected.

The body, he said, would be delivered at five, and they took him to the door, on which two assistants had already fastened a white crepe.