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Black and white and it's all a crazy pot dream in this floor-length quilted evening skirt by textile artist Alex Colman. Wheeling Pop flowers drop down down into a dark Victorianesque thicket. Larger, abstract, and-faintly-Asian, designs dot the skirt. A stripe border nails the hem. The best and worst of 60's baroque. size : medium price : $39

Holiday for glamourpuss. This skirt rustles, glints, sweeps and swirls round your hips. Lustrous black taffeta is matched to a velvet waistband. Skirt shows off a flocked design of large tumbling bows. Swish, swish, loveliness. size : extra large price : $40

A jaunty little skirt inspired by the ribbon-print textiles of the 1950's. Sturdy wool/poly in a copper-brown, black, chocolate, blue-grey, primary-blue and sea-green twill. Multi-colored stripes go round and round. Knee-length. size : small price : $35

One of the joys of fifties' vintagewear are those lovely skirts made from luxurious and one-of-a-kind tweeds and twills. Enjoyable of the day: herringbone-stripe pencil skirt in lipstick-red, maroon and black. You will kill in this skirt because the cut is fitted and narrow and all set to transform you into the archetypal "other". Front pleat vent. Tab-decorated side pocket. Below-knee-length. size : medium price : $66

Tweet, tweet, little bluebird. Capital of Bermuda presents … bird-on-skirt snow-white twill wrapskirt. Two crescent hip pockets, long ties, a-line shape. Bird is screened in dark-turquoise. size : med/lg price : $42

Beautifully-Pop depiction of leopards, peacocks and the deep dark jungle. Grey, blonde, copper-brown, and white. Icing on the cake : cats have sparkling, green glass eyes (Don't worry, no rhinestones on back view.) More frosting: fitted waist, maxi-length, side vents. size : med/lg price : $70

Fitted, print outfit in sheerish georgette crepe. Lady-like cut matched to a go-wild textile. Oversized pussy bow. Shell blouse closes at back with covered bead buttons. Slim, pencil skirt. The soft pastels glow. size : sm/med price : $70

Fitted sheath matches rayon skirt to black muslin bodice. The rayon shell has back metal zipper, high neck and a row of thick, doubled fringe. Shapely elegance meets fun. size : medium price : $94

Psychedelic color-bleed knit skirt. Stretchy! A-line. Transylvania-in-pink photo-realistic landscape print - hurrah! size : lg/ extra lg price : $32

Lovely float of a cotton skirt. Tight at the waist --- gathered into an a-line silhouette. Front button placket. Knee-length. Retro-40s, oversized-floral-print in soft-gray, pastel-yellow, white & black, sings: SUMMMMERRRR. size : sm/med price : $28