The most feminine fashion for sophisticated ladies in modern times is about legs. Short dresses, skirts, lingerie, hosiery, and high heels capture this enduring appeal. These images offer a thumbnail guide to the leg styles of the fashion culture, depicting models, celebrities, and contemporary ladies. Capsule summaries introduce the beginner to the elements of dress in terms of style, appeal, and social commentary. The images are self-explanatory and most of the fashions combine more than one of the selected topics, described here. Selected topics: A skirt refers to a dress-garment from waist-to-hemline, and is separate; the dress refers to a one-piece dress-garment. A ruffled skirt or dress has a ruffling or similar embellishment. A mini-skirt or mini-dress is a short skirt or dress, usually five or six inches above the knee. The micro-mini is an extremely short skirt or dress. A sleeveless dress, as the name implies, lacks sleeves -- and usually bares the shoulders. Open-toed shoes, as the images depict, refer to shoes open at the toe -- a popular style of high heel. A stiletto heel is a high thin heel on a woman's shoe that is narrower than a spike heel. Sandals are usually casual shoes, open-toed, with straps. A pointed-toe refers to a woman's shoe with a narrow or pointed toe.