Miriam Bendahan offered a midnight-blue creation she called a "cage suit," made of sheer chiffon crosshatched with satin.

They must be filled with that pervasive fashion substance that vanishes into thin air on the streets: sheer chiffon.

The shoulders and sleeves would be sheer black chiffon.

Afternoon dress in densely gathered sheer pink chiffon over a solid foundation lining.

She walked out on stage wrapped in fifty yards of sheer white chiffon, a pair of high-heeled shoes with jeweled buckles, and nothing else.

Her sheer chiffons and embroidered nets were shown over nothing but G-strings and - who knows?

Dresses are pieced with jersey in the front and sheer chiffon in back; a linen bias-cut dress has a pinstripe border.

The famous Chanel suit had skirts slashed up the center, revealing sequin tap pants, or G-strings beneath sheer chiffon.

Marika Contompasis hemmed skirts with sheer marbleized chiffon.

With their layers of sheer chiffon, tulip hems, soft pleats or hidden buttons, they carry the designers' message: don't shorten this skirt.