ballet skirt

Needlecrafters can choose from comfortable creations like cowls, shorts, Rough and Tumble Pants, jackets, mittens, a ballet skirt, and of course several of the perfectly-crafted caps and hats that led to KlompeLOMPE's fame.

mamasandpapas.com; pink ballet skirt and spotted cardy, from Mama's and Papa's Christmas collection; shirt and tie set from pounds 14.50 and Cherokee jeans, pounds 10; F&F dress from pounds 10, Tesco, 0800 5055555/www.tesco.com/clothing; black and pink party dress by F&F, pounds 12.50, Tesco; Sainsbury's offers the best bargain buys - for girls - blue party dress, pounds 10; for boys - a grey cardigan set with shirt and tie, pounds 13, blue basic jeans, pounds 5.50 and grey mesh trainers, pounds 8.

The bride could be further distinguished by the veil, tiara and ballet skirt she wore to go through security.

Red calf-length skirt with belt pounds 29.99 River Island Limited edition empire bell skirt pounds 149 Hobbs Multi butterfly print skirt pounds 30 Dorothy Perkins Black & white check skirt pounds 10 Primark White gold ballet skirt pounds 39.99 Fever London Copper pleated nidi pounds 35 Miss Selfridge Navy floral print button midi pounds 38 Topshop Beige pu ponte pencil skirt pounds 29.99 River Island Bouquet print skirt pounds 69 Phase Eight High-waisted polka-dot skirt pounds 25 Red Herring @ Debenhams Leighton Meester Actress and singer wears midi dress by Marc Jacobs Alexa Chung TV presenter and model wears mid-length dress by YSL

DANCE away summer nights in this white gold ballet skirt, pounds 39.99, from feverdesigns.

Now, little girls in particular have an eye for what they want to wear as soon as they can say "pink princess ballet skirt please".

"Women are wearing them like a replacement to a ballet skirt, with a tight top and leggings, and all the volume in the skirt."

The dancers are dressed in reductive costumes - brief swimming trunks for the men, which showed off their physical beauty and a notion of a layered gauze ballet skirt for the women.

So Danca, wrap around ballet skirt, #2916, $22, www.sodanca.com

Mr Cowell donned a ballet skirt along with his fellow X-Factor judges Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh for the charity night to celebrate the millionth ticket sale.

MELISSA: Pink sequinned ballet skirt, pounds 34, Monsoon; cream polo neck, pounds 6, Mothercare; tights, pounds 5, and faux-fur cape, pounds 22, both Fifi and Ally; shoespounds 13, Mothercare