Indeed, there is "a blue and hushed atmosphere, a light and airy dress, a very present audience.

As the weather warms up, women will want to escape from trousers and tight skirts into airy dresses or culottes that just skim the body.

To give weight to his airy dresses, he added a layer of voile; to give volume to a silk jersey, he added side pleats.

I'm glad I'm not ugly, and I hope he'll like me, she thought, as she smoothed the golden ripples on her forehead, settled her sash, and shook out the folds of her airy dress in a flutter of girlish excitement.