1.   Chiffon evening sheaths with back-crossed spaghetti straps were flower-printed and offered light summer charm.

2.   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.

3.   With an explosion of color, the magic carpet finale moved on light chiffon evening sheaths with flared, long hemlines, in a giant rainbow of colors.

4.   For evening, there were floor-sweeping shirts in devore linen and silk and strappy evening sheaths in garnet crepe.

5.   He used hot Hawaiian prints for skimpy bra-tops with wrap-around flounced skirts and evening sheaths sprinkled with sequins or strass.

6.   Evening sheaths also came in black velvet, with pouf skirts from dropped waistlines in matt taffeta.

7.   Evening sheaths had rhinestone zips or giant glittering jewel buttons in the plunging neckline.

8.   Evening sheaths in stretch satin were held together perilously by tiny straps or a little chain, with backs and midriffs bare and skirts slit to crotch level.

9.   Second-skin evening sheaths in the stretchy stuff were threaded with colourful baubles like Christmas tree decorations.

10.   Slinky evening sheaths had complicated arrangements of ties that could be worn as halternecks or allowed to float behind.