1.   If you wear mostly black or brown, add a bright tangerine sweater top under your jacket.

2.   There were also knits for evening in the form of one-sleeved sweater tops with long skirts in satin or boldly checked wool.

3.   There were also sweater sets and sweater tops with evening skirts, an idea Blass pioneered many years ago and that still looks like a good idea.

4.   The iridescent taffeta ball-gown style was also well done at Balmain by Gilles Dufour, who paired the dressy skirts with sweater tops.

5.   There were plenty of belted jackets at Ferragamo and cropped sweater tops too.