Again, the trunk shows no departure from the familiar human pattern.

"She has become a pretty good business person who now does one trunk show a month," Ms. Homan said.

Some old trunks, bent with age, showed black against the verdant grass which covered the ground.

The company is known for its trunk shows that navigated the East Coast.

Their trunks showed bone white.

His trunks were opti-cloth, and showed a few seconds of a tropical beach scene; golden sand, a single big roller and one graceful.

"I want designers who do trunk shows to work with the stores for the benefit of a breast-cancer charity," she said.

All at once she was gone, dashing wildly down the lane between the live oaks whose trunks showed faint redness on their western sides.

The brown or gray trunks of the trees showed each roughness of their surfaces.

There are events and trunk shows consistently being held that consist of a variety of beauty organizations for hair, makeup, fashion, jewelry, and accessories.