Written by Tania Braukamper
After several recurrent seasons of sexed-up micro minis - lead particularly by the va-va-voom styles of Herve Leger and Balmain - it's time for a new wave of seductive skirts to find their way onto red carpets, into wardrobes, and, most definitely, into fashion magazine editorials. So how to do pure sex without a hemline that's shorter than short? The high split 2010 fashion trend, of course.

In 2010 the mid-thigh split dress is out.
Their replacement?
Long slit skirts or maxi dresses in light, flowing fabrics that give a not-so-subtle hint of leg as one walks - or rather struts - along. In fact, they give more than a hint of leg. They show off the whole leg with the split reaching the top of the thigh. For an even greater visual impact, the split will pass the top of the thigh and reach the hip.
There may be a single side split, a centre split, or dual side splits with a panel of fabric that falls along the middle section.
It will probably come as no surprise that the most knock-out examples of thigh-high dress splits were on the Versace runway. After all, infusing pure sex into a dress is a Versace speciality.
Other prominent examples came from Pucci - breezy, free flowing, and ultimately sensual - and Lanvin, whose draping Grecian styles were given an injection of thigh-baring modernity.
Effortless evening dressing: Angelina Jolie
Thigh high slits in Balmain Fall 2010
Thigh high slits from Alber Elbaz
Elie Saab's floor-length perfection
Elizabeth Hurley wears a very high split dress
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