Dress Of The Day with Angela

 I was looking for a piece of wide ribbon to make a wiatband. I noticed an old tie. The narrow wned was the right size. I could have cut off the wide part. Or left it hanging like a codpiece in the centre front or down the side of the skirt.

  Angela Lansbury wearing a black and white top. Photo selfie by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. The Blouse White tie neck, pussy bow, here left untided and hanging loose. Moves more white over the black to crea a predominantly white effect. The Top Anthony Sicari. My favourite. I have several of thse outfits. One of two triple sets of blouse, skirt and scarf. I used to search for the complete set and ignore taop and scarf with skirt, or top and skirt withou scraf. Now I am interested in anything. The tops are comfortable. The sleeves are wide so your shoulders and upper arms move freely.  Anthony Sicari. Made in the USA. 

 

  Photos by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.  Anthony Sicari Top The sleeves are a shiny white fabric. Printed with large black dots. The black cuffs and black body part are knitted. The waist is ribbed like the cuffs and pulls tight on the wearer's waist creating a neat fitted look. Knitted and fitted.

  The pendant and ear rings make a matching set although they were not bought together. The pendant was a brooch which the wearer converted into a pendant because she does not wear brooches.

  Angela Lansbury in Anthony Sicari drak pink top. Photo by Angela Lansbury. copyright. I needed an outfit to go out to a wine tasting. I would be seated all night so the skirt was not important, only the top. I would be drinking wine, white, orange, and red wines. So I needed a top which would not get stained. Synthetic fabric. Not white. Preferably patterned. I have several Anthony Sicary outfits, mostly tops, a few with matching skirts, one of two with the matching scarf, and one red jacket. Most have some red or pink. One or two are mostl black or navy. Warm Colour, Warm Fabric  I wanted to wear a different one. And not the dark colours. Something in a warm colour. But not bulk sleeves. Why? Because I was wearing a black woolly cardigan. Why? Because I was going to be sitting in a large hall which was unheated and cold last year. The sleeves of the Sicari top were thin fabric, not knitted like the bodice. So I wore a blouse underneath. Another layer. The White Blouse The w...