One of the prettiest styles is a a shirt dress in pale aqua with a softly flowing skirt.

A silky shirt dress printed with images of swallows stood out.

The less expensive clothes ($15 to $200) are based on the white shirt: body shirts, shirt jackets and shirt dresses.

Women are also buying tent dresses, chemises and shirt dresses.

Skirt lengths hover around the knee for the most part, she said, though a soft shirt dress may be longer.

Equally popular was her shirt dress with a pleated bodice and a small tie at the neck.

She had on the gray T- shirt dress she liked to wear around the house after work.

For Mr. Jacobs it takes the form of a bouffant shirt dress in awning-striped silk.

He plays around with longer hemlines, for example, showing calf- to ankle-length shirt dresses and pleated skirts.

The uniforms range from the tunic-necktie-undress ribbons to the more informal short-sleeve shirt dress.