1.   During the war parachute silk was produced which later changed to the manufacture of the finest dress fabrics, brocades and bridal gowns.

2.   Anoraks were of parachute silk, T-shirts of ruched silk georgette or gauze.

3.   Designers interpreted them in unexpected fabrics like thin parachute silk or organza.

4.   Models wafted by in loose dresses and skirts of georgette, parachute silk or cotton sheeting with hems that either turned under or had delicate drawstrings.

5.   A gown with a multicolored festival of parachute silks topped off the gala display Sunday by Christian Lacroix in his sexy but elegant ready-to-wear show for spring.

6.   Taffeta trapeze-shaped ball gowns in garnet shades and black crepe evening sheaths were totally elegant, as was the quilted rose evening gown in parachute silk.