In his label Mr. Martin draws a convincing analogy between the dress's sensual shape and the black gown dress worn by "Madame X" in John Singer Sargent's portrait.

Inside, it dishes up a feast for the eyes with its sensual shapes, like the fan-shaped rear-view mirror and the curvy bell-like latch for the convertible top.

It features a slightly cinematic version of 20th-century design - sleek, large-scale continental pieces in opulent materials, modernism with an eye to sensual shape rather than machine-age form.

Ellsworth Kelly's spare, brilliant black-and-white lithographs of leaf and flower forms evoke a sense of the French master's distillation of sensual shapes with the most minimal, most elegant of lines.

But they also suggest that he was anxious to get back to what his father did best, sensual shapes and smooth sands.

For Aston Martin, Jaguar, Mazda, Ford and other marques they have created cars distinguished for emotional, sensual shapes that contrast with any idea of sensible, frugal Scotland.

Indeed, Garbo's sensual shapes come less from any natural model than from the methods of the factory floor.

The building, of stone, concrete and wood, is filled with sensual shapes, hidden spaces and childish fancies.

Mr. Meadmore, who died in Manhattan in April at age 76, is widely known for his outdoor sculptures made of blocky, flat-sided steel beams twisted or coiled into sensual shapes.

Her mouth was rich and full, the same sensual shape as her son's, her eyes were so dark they were nearly black.