1.   Coats were cut off at seventh-eighths length to show a sliver of knee-length skirt, and a black sweater set was decorated with white beads.

2.   If you concentrated, you could discern a white crepe dress showing a sliver of bare midriff or another wallowing in ostrich feathers for some topical allusions.

3.   They showed slivers of the style M.L. Carr promises that they will play.

4.   Today, an aerial photo shows a sliver of green running through acres of trees that look like spent matches.

5.   Low-slung khaki linen trousers cropped on the calf combined with abbreviated T-shirts that showed slivers of stomach.