11.   So out came velvet puffball skirts, satin knickers and wool trousers ballooning, harem-style, around the ankles.

12.   The first judge is due in five minutes, and they start to decorate the cooker with curly-leaf kale, cut fruit and a velvet skirt.

13.   Velvet skirts and pants in delicate lavender or seafoam were spray-dyed with a secondary color for a subtle decadent look.

14.   We also let her rummage through the hamper, where she discovered life and then peed and made a doody on my favorite velvet skirt.

15.   A little shrug mink jacket over flared pants, or floor length fox coat over a velvet skirt and leather top are the hottest cold weather looks.

16.   Dark brown came out in a fitted suit with frog fastenings and a velvet skirt scooped with a higher hemline in front.

17.   Ruching and pleating are the novelty feminine twist, with a myriad of below-the-knee velvet skirts that resemble Viennese curtains.

18.   Another had real tail feathers dyed turquoise and gold to set off a copper leather bustier and blue velvet skirts.

19.   For evening there were chocolate velvet asymmetric skirts, catsuits with plunge necklines to the waist and clingy jersey sheaths.