1.   An Art Deco dress appeared to be sketched with charcoal, but it was the shadowed beading of black and silver sewn to look like shade.

2.   And as if the deity of good taste was smiling on me, the perfect little black dress appeared before my eyes.

3.   A dress might appear to be a simple shift, until you notice a slight bulge on one side made by draping the fabric to soften the silhouette.

4.   Long dresses appeared in jade, and there were bits of pink, mango and Chinese orange-red.