1.   And navy blue, especially in sheer fabrics or in combination with black, is the unexpected new color for evening.

2.   And old kitchen chairs can be stylishly adorned with sheer fabric secured with a bow.

3.   Bias cuts are another part of this new femininity, used on sheer fabrics such as chiffon, silk or polyester knits to achieve a clingy look.

4.   Belts that define shape are best avoided, and sheer fabrics are out, but there is no need to cover the face.

5.   A sheer fabric may be familiar as sportswear, but not city style.

6.   But with the sheer fabrics, legs were usually displayed.

7.   By day, the sheer fabric diffuses the light so there is never any glare, and the curtains become a scrim through which one can glimpse Manhattan rooftops.

8.   Don skirts cut on bias, off-the-shoulder blouses, sheer fabrics, soft, feminine ruffles.

9.   Even the usually subtle Calvin Klein could not resist the pull of soft colors and sheer fabrics.

10.   In a tent decorated with billowing sheer fabric and Persian rugs, partygoers lounged on pillows as they gorged on a feast fit for a sultan.