Then you couldn't catch falling government bond prices in a fishnet stocking.

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"I can't wait to see them all again, " says Minnelli, 66, who won an Academy Award playing Sally Bowles, the fishnet-and-bowler hat wearing chanteuse.

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Neither was as good as my grilled turbot, a big slab of meaty white fish on the bone with sexy black grill marks like a fishnet stocking.

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Ainslie, while singing an extremely demanding role, was forced to preen and prance while wearing a variety of garish outfits that included fishnet stockings and a glittering codpiece draped in fringe.

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Some airlines expected their female staff to wear outfits including miniskirts, wet-look vinyl, fishnet stockings, hotpants and the like: after all, if the customers weren't happy, they would soon go elsewhere.

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In this new light one saw the fabrications and the details of the clothes like the silk of the pajamas, the texture of the coats, the fishnet detailing of some the pieces, and the liquid quality of those dresses towards the end of the show.

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