Her hair was cut short and smartly styled to emphasize the fine bones of her face and her eyes, which were two different shades of green, an irregularity I had always found intriguing.

Shop windows displayed their sparkling diamonds, lustrous furs and smartly cut coats and gowns on grandly coiffed and faceless pewter mannequins.

I mean, the ship when under weigh always seemed to be making good speed, cutting smartly through the blue water, leaving a long, straight wake behind.

She took out a smartly cut dark suit, with white blouse and hung them on hangers near the fire to air, together with a dark blue coat and court shoes.

The costumes by Olga Akhmatovakaya are stunning - richly textured silk gowns, smartly cut suits and top hats and wonderfully tattered rags.

"Now we must follow the example of the Clinton years, when we balanced budgets and created 23 million new jobs by cutting smartly, investing wisely and ensuring that the wealthiest did their part."

For Men of Every Stripe Helmut Lang goes camping: Patagonia's men's Firetrail jacket ($98) is rugged enough for fashionphobics, yet smartly cut.

They wore name tags (blue for "seekers," red for "offerors"), smartly cut Calvin Klein suits or skintight T-shirts.

Mine cut smartly between them.

He wondered if it suited her as well as the smartly cut wool suit "The family resemblance is there," he commented.