Dressed for the camera in strapless tops and short skirts, Tammy walks around the house in a befuddled daze.

Bloomingdale's reported that party dresses with strapless tops and short pouffed skirts have been selling strongly this month.

Jeans brought a sophisticated printed strapless top down to earth.

The result is always sensuous, whether decorated with jewel-studded waistbands or equally glittering strapless tops.

One knockout dress is in white satin with a draped strapless top and a draped skirt.

Lord & Taylor has a strapless top that is heavily embroidered with sequins and bugle beads in many shades of blue.

Designers point out that cover-ups like scarfs and jackets are available for times when strapless tops are not appropriate.

Her shorts are pink, her strapless top is white and pink.

So do strapless tops, for day as well as evening.

(Most women will likely restrict the strapless tops and very short skirts to weekend wear.)