An employee of a Japanese toy maker Trane Co., Ltd. demonstrates how to use the company's new 'lap pillow', a polyurethane pillow shaped like a kneeling woman from the waist-down in Tokyo December 15, 2004. The pillows, targeted at single men in their twenties and thirties, are available at 9,429 yen ($90) with a choice of red or black skirt. Pictures of the month December 2004 REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao YN/CN 

A model walks the runway wearing a burlap silk ribbon jacket and matching
miniskirt during the presentation of the Donna Karan Spring 2004 Collection
in New York, September 19, 2003. REUTERS/Mike Segar PP03090104

MS/GAC 

A prostitute waits for customers at a popular bar district in Shanghai June
7, 2003. Shanghai is rediscovering its uninhibited past thanks to more than
a decade of growth and liberalisation. PP03060046
REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV

CC 

A prostitute waits for customers near a popular bar frequented by foreigners
in Shanghai May 31, 2003. Shanghai is rediscovering its uninhibited past
thanks to more than a decade of growth and liberalisation. Today, commercial
sex and drugs in Shanghai has been consigned to darkened bars, seedy karaoke
lounges, massage parlours and a smattering of strip clubs. In a country
where sex is still rarely discussed in the open, Shanghai stands apart by
running a government-sanctioned sex hotline, sex museum and tolerating the
screening of often racier cinema and music fare than other cities would
permit. Picture taken May 31, 2003. TO MATCH FEATURE
LIFE-CHINA-SEX REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV

CC/PB 

Elizabeth Jagger, [daughter of Rolling Stone Mick Jagger], wears a blue leather miniskirt and top at the start of a fashion show at Topshop in London in aid of the Environmental Investigation Agency's 'Forests for the World' campaign April 25, 2001. [Top designers, including Vivienne Westwood and Clements Ribeiro, have designed t-shirts which will go on sale for the charity at twenty pounds sterling each. ] 

Elizabeth Jagger, [daughter of Rolling Stone Mick Jagger], wears a burgundy leather miniskirt and a lace top at the start of a fashion show at Topshop in London, in aid of the Environmental Investigation Agency's 'Forests for the World' campaign April 25, 2001. [Top designers, including Vivienne Westwood and Clements Ribeiro, have designed t-shirts which will go on sale for the charity at twenty pounds sterling each. ] 

Elizabeth Jagger, [daughter of Rolling Stone Mick Jagger], wears a burgundy leather miniskirt and a lace top at the start of a fashion show at Topshop in London, in aid of the Environmental Investigation Agency's 'Forests for the World' campaign April 25, 2001. [Top designers, including Vivienne Westwood and Clements Ribeiro, have designed t-shirts which will go on sale for the charity at twenty pounds sterling each. ] 

Elizabeth Jagger, daughter of Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, wears a blue leather miniskirt and top at the start of a fashion show at Topshop in London in aid of the Environmental Investigation Agency's 'Forests for the World' campaign April 25, 2001. Top designers, including Vivienne Westwood and Clements Ribeiro, have designed t-shirts which will go on sale for the charity at twenty pounds sterling each.

JE/BR 

Elizabeth Jagger, daughter of Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, wears a burgundy leather miniskirt and a lace top at the start of a fashion show at Topshop in London, in aid of the Environmental Investigation Agency's 'Forests for the World' campaign April 25, 2001. Top designers including Vivienne Westwood and Clements Ribeiro have designed t-shirts which will go on sale for the charity at twenty pounds sterling each.

JE/BR 

Elizabeth Jagger, daughter of Rolling Stone Mick Jagger wears a burgundy leather miniskirt and a lace top at the start of a fashion show at Topshop in London in aid of the Environmental Investigation Agency's 'Forests for the World' campaign April 25, 2001. Top designers including Vivienne Westwood and Clements Ribeiro have designed t-shirts which will go on sale for the charity at twenty pounds sterling each.

JE/BR 

A model wears a brown shirt and a miniskirt as part of the Miu Miu Spring/Summer ready-to-wear women's collection 2001 in Milan October 6, 2000. 

A model wears a brown shirt and a miniskirt as part of the Miu Miu Spring/Summer ready-to-wear women's collection 2001 in Milan October 6, 2000. The Milan fashion week will end today with Versace's show.

PC 

A model for designer Daryl K wears a pure white blazer over a white blouse and blue rufle miniskirt during the showing of the Daryl K Spring 2001 collection in New York, September 19, 2000.

MS/ME 

Mongolian women in miniskirts form a line of umbrellas as they stand behind local politicians during the last election campaign rally by the opposition Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) before Sunday's voting in Ulan Bator June 30. Just four years after being dumped from power, Mongolia's former communists are set to make a comeback by jumping aboard a wave of public disillusion with democracy and capitalist-style reform. Sunday's parliamentary elections are seen as a referendum on a decade of reform that has failed to deliver on its promise of a better life in one of the world's poorest nations.

ASW/CC 

A model strikes a pose as she displays a miniskirt with dozens of small furry toys attached to it during an alternative fashion show March 18. The show, themed on toys, was organized to showcase the talent of a collective of Mexican artists and designers.

MEXICO FASHION 

A volunteer traffic patrolwoman in a miniskirt and high heels help students and teachers to cross the road at a busy Taipei intersection January 14. Volunteer traffic safety forces have become common at Taiwan's schools, earning them the nickname "Mommy Brigades" as most are made up of housewives.

TAIWAN FEATURE 

A model wears a semi-transparent dress for Missoni's spring/summer ready-to-wear collection at Milan's fashion show, October 6. Missoni used semi-transparent knitted slip dresses for evening and tanktops teamed with silky black pants. There were also transparent sparkling evening dresses, fringed in suede, and draped over miniskirts. 

A model wears a semi-transparent evening dress as part of Missoni's spring/summer ready-to-wear collection at the Milan's fashion show October 6. Missoni used semi-transparent knitted slip dresses for evening and tanktops teamed with silky black pants. There were also transparent sparkling evening dresses fringed in suede and draped over miniskirts. 

A model wears a semi-transparent dress for Missoni's spring/summer ready-to-wear collection at Milan's fashion show, October 6. Missoni used semi-transparent knitted slip dresses for evening and tanktops teamed with silky black pants. There were also transparent sparkling evening dresses, fringed in suede, and draped over miniskirts.

ITALY FASHION 

A model wears a semi-transparent evening dress as part of Missoni's spring/summer ready-to-wear collection at the Milan's fashion show October 6. Missoni used semi-transparent knitted slip dresses for evening and tanktops teamed with silky black pants. There were also transparent sparkling evening dresses fringed in suede and draped over miniskirts.

ITALY FASHION 

British model Stella Tennant wears a black leather dress topped with a gold sweater for Missoni's spring/summer ready-to-wear collection at Milan's fashion show, October 6. Missoni used semi-transparent knitted slip dresses for evening, tanktops teamed with silky black pants. There were also transparent sparkling evening dresses, fringed in suede, and draped over miniskirts.

ITALY FASHION 

A model for Gucci displays the autumn/winter 1997/98 collection of the luxury Italian fashion house March 6. Designer Tom Ford used ultra miniskirts and mannish wide-shouldered suits to cut a clean and seductive profile.

ITALY FASHION 

A model for Betsey Johnson wears a two piece miniskirt and top with brass balls during the showing of the designer's Fall 1996 collection during market week in New York March 29.

FASHION 

A model for Betsey Johnson wears a two piece miniskirt and top with brass balls during the showing of the designer's Fall 1996 collection during market week in New York March 29 

Model Naomi Campbell shows a zebra-stripped miniskirt and bustier for Versus' spring/summer collection. Versus is Versace's label catering to the young and hip 

Top model Yasmin presents this short red leather miniskirt as part of French designer Claude Montana's Autumn/Winter ready-to-wear fashion collection March 5