Will spectators attending Cup Match this year be looking at the game or each other? Although there are a certain number of Bermudians who do attend the two-day game to see who's hitting a six or who got "caught out'', there are an equal number of people who go to the game dressed to kill as if they're on the cat walk at a Versace fashion show.

Whether it's short skirts and "daisy duke'' shorts with matching multi-coloured halter tops or long wrap skirts and bando tops, spectators, especially women, come dressed in the latest styles.

But let's not forget about the men in their trendy baggy shorts -- that seem to be falling off them these days -- and those hats, whether they mimic "The Cat in the Hat'' or if it's just a plain and simple straw number.

And like on Bermuda Day, people often buy or make their outfits specially for the occasion which in most cases are not worn or seen, for even a second, beforehand.

Last minute shoppers still have many options to choose from around town. At Pirate's Port, buyer and assistant manager Charlotte Smith said the biggest item going for Cup Match was the halter tops for ladies in prints, solids, bright and fluorescent colours.

"Prints seem to be the strongest items selling. People are looking for the coolest pieces of clothing.

"The bottoms to these tops are scooter skirts and regular skirts but everything is very short,'' Miss Smith said.

She added: "We also have denim skirts or hipster shorts -- which are worn very low.

Those are the hottest items along with the skinny ribbed fitted tank tops.

"For teenage boys we have the mesh sports wear consisting of tank tops and long shorts.'' Miss Smith also said in accessories one of the biggest items being sold for the holiday was sun shades in white for the ladies.

Calypso's Cathy Lombardi said "for us Cup Match outfit buyers have always been buying very casual and very light items''.

"Our best look is our wraps. They are becoming more and more popular now that people know what a pareo -- wrap -- is and what they can do with them. They can be worn as a short sarong, a long skirt with a body top, halter top or bando tops and a person can also use two to make harem pants -- Arabic pants.'' Mrs. Lombardi added: "You are only limited by your imagination.

Some people use the wraps in their hair or they sew them together and make outfits.

The range of prints is so varied.

"People like them because they are light, airy, inexpensive and easy to care for.

"They are as individual as the person who is wearing them.'' For accessories she said straw hats seem to make a real fashion statement. And for feet, custumers go for thong sandals.

At Twenty-Seventh Century Boutique, owner Sharon Bartram said women are buying up ethnic prints.

"The lengths for this Cup Match are short and long mainly in dresses in very bright colours such as yellow, orange, and lime green.

Mrs. Bartram added: "Platform flip flops in multi colours and platform shoes can also be seen on the field.

"There will mainly be a 60's look with the tight pencil leg pants and hipsters. Cup Match is going to be very bright.''