1.   Design house Badgley Mischka, the darling of the sophisticated Hollywod set, put a ruffled hem on a turquoise sequined evening gown.

2.   In the ladies room at Pastis, Ms. McCartney disapprovingly eyed a reporter dressed in a Chloe gray herringbone skirt with a ruffled hem.

3.   To make legs look thinner, choose a dress with a ruffled hem or asymmetrical hemline.

4.   A whole line of boleros, reds and blacks in lacquered lace with body-fitted dresses and flouncy ruffled hems took up the tango theme.