A short, blond woman wearing a black-and-white circle skirt, white Birkenstocks and a faintly worried expression, she is not the most dramatic person in view.

An Aztec patterned circle skirt by Casting comes in shades of brown and cream with tiny silver sequins ($358 at Henri Bendel).

A flirty white circle skirt by Trina Turk is topstitched and appliquéd with flowers and has an underskirt.

She wore a lovely red outfit with a full- circle skirt and gems that gleamed in the lights, huge ru- bies, making her motions sparkle.

I looked down at my quilted circle skirt.

Costume Suggestion: Sweater with a large "R" on front, circle skirt, white tennis shoes or bucks, socks rolled down, pompoms.

The royal looked glamorous in a strapless white satin gazar evening gown with a circle skirt and diamante embroidered detail round the waist.

Then came a fitted-to-the-waist camel coat with a circle skirt.

She states that, "I cut the circle out of felt, which allowed me to cut a complete circle skirt without having any seams.

A turtleneck black stretch-velvet dress of polyester/nylon/Lycra has a circle skirt ($299).