11.   Vogue fashion writer Pamela Lopez says the short fitted coat is a priority among trend trackers.

12.   Persian lamb short coats, jackets, and tailored coats in rumpled fabrics with lean pants looked original.

13.   A fitted light blue ostrich-skin short coat worn with matching blue high-heeled boots was a plus for this mixed collection.

14.   Day wear was practically ignored, but remarkable were a vermilion short coat to knock your eyeballs for a loop over a modest but slim beige jumpsuit.

15.   Dressed in the traditional short coat worn over loose pajamas and a black Nepali cap, the soft-spoken Birendra was a familiar figure to the people of his country.

16.   Even jackets are more like short coats than blazers.

17.   Some of the dressy, ethereally light embroidered chiffon skirts or pants were topped by well-cut short coats or long jackets.

18.   There were festive moments in sequined T-shirts, a pretty geometrically embroidered pistachio green short coat, and a wide selection of sexy bikini swimsuits.

19.   There were lovely butterfly blouses -- little silk butterflies on quilted short evening coats, lame-shot pleated dresses with butterfly prints.