Dress Of The Day with Angela

  Now that it is cold in London in February, I realise why I am so keen to have pockets in winter coats. I use pockets not just for carrying keys and coins and tissues, but also to warm my hands.  I put my hands in pockets with gloves on and without gloves. But because I use my phone a lot, I am more frequently not wearing gloves. Especially indoors.  Gloves To Warm - And Hide  I might prefer to keep gloves on to hide rings and bracelets. Or a watch, not a valuable watch, but one which does not match in colour. Warm Gloves Without Fingertips You can buy fingerless gloves, gloves with the finger tips missing, gloves with right hand finger tips missing, gloves with just the right hand finger two missing, and gloves with sensitive pads. Comfortable Pockets When you are not wearing gloves, the warmth and softness of the pocket is important. Wrap Around Dressing Gown Fleece I have a burgundy fleece wrap around, old fashioned style fleece dressing gown from Marks & Spe...

  The Tank Top Hamells label. Matching short sleeve blouse. Summery. Indoors. Day or evening. Red Jacket Red long sleeve lined jacket. Label Classic Woman. Angela Lansbury wearing a navy blue and white Hamells tank top. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Curves And Scallops I found this garment when searching for the word scallops in Ebay. I love the curves and scallops of the pattern.  Curves are restful.  Curves echo eyes and mouths, bosoms and bottoms. Curves are soft, suggest cuddliness. Squares, oblongs, rectangles, and triangles, straight lines, are businesslike, precise. The H shape of the neckline adds a touch of no nonsense class. Figure-Ground Illusion When you see the whole of the H shape top, the white pattern is silhouetted against thedarker background. However, when I wear the jacket covering half the pattern, the blue shows up against the white, like a diving whale's tail.  I looked up optical illusions in wikipedia. I found that this is called a reversible ima...

  I bought this on Ebay. I wanted a strong colour. Red. I already have a pale blue one which you see me wearing in a previous post.  Jacket Styles, cut and darts The blue jacket had bust darts. This red one has no darts. One Pocket The red one has a pocket. It is positioned too near the sleeve and half disappears under my arm.  Real and Fake Pockets I felt in the pocket to see if it was a real pocket, although I don't use a single pocket because it makes me look lopsided. However, it is psychologically positive to have a real pocket, not a fake. The pocket was real. However, the vertical seam under the arm had come apart. Very hard to fix. The lining is attached all the way around the hem, so you can't repair the pocket from underneath. Well, it was second hand. Probably the seller didn't even know. The Vertical Scallops I bought this jacket because I wanted scallops. I first saw scallops on an orange jacket which was beyond my budget. The orange was bright, attractive, a...

  Scalloped edge blue bolero label Petite Francaise.  Photo by Angela Lansbury. The label claims size 14, 36 ins bust 91 cm. However, as the seller on ebay described it, actually smaller. It is a tight fit on me. When I put it on, standing up, I had to change out of a long sleeved vest into a light summer vest with almost no sleeve. Even then, although I got get the arms on, as soon as I moved the arms pulled. It looked wide enough on the shoulders, but seemed tight across the back. However, I put it on for the photo, and kept it on when sitting down for lunch. To my surprise, when I stayed sitting down, upright, hardly moving, I soon forgot that the top had felt too small. That is good news. I keep turning the little jacket over to see whether I could let it out. No luck. The lining is secured to the shell, so it would be a lot of work, with dubious success. Easier to diet until it fits! The Petite Francaise Label I saw several items on ebay and a few on Etsy, and other vinta...

Antique Clothes More than 100 years old. Usually used for furniture. Not so much clothing survives that long. BNWT Clothes BNWT is an acronym, short form, for Brand New With Tags. Brand New with Tag The tag confirms the size. Otherwise the seller might photograph the item with a ruler or tape measure on top.  Pre-loved Clothes  Pre-loved is the euphemistic, positive or polite way of describing what used to be called second-hand. To confuse matters, there's a company which calls itself Pre-loved. Modern Clothes Anything in the last twenty years. Useful Websites On Vintage Clothing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vintage_clothing -ends- Please share links to your favourite poems. About Angela Lansbury - my books of poetry Poetry Pets & Pests Angela's Alarming Animal poems Poetry Workbook  My latest book, Embarrassing Moments, is on Amazon, at a bargain price of well under ten pounds My books are on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Lulu.com Take a look. You might like to buy ...

  The Black Jacket My new black jacket is old, vintage, from label Indigo Moon. But you would have no trouble buying an Indigo Moon jacket or similarly elaborate embellished top, suit, dress or coat nowadays. Ebay found me more than a thousand Indigo items. Jackets abound, in any colour combination you could imagine. Vibrant red, black or blue velour. Tee shirts in pink, purple and green. Also brown and orange embroidered vividly with gold thread and glinting sequins and gleaming tiny tubular beads. Neat and symmetrical, or mosaic and asymmetrical.  If I were still looking for a novelty, I could have bought handbags, or a swimsuit. Beautiful Buttons Five gib beautiful buttons are down the front. Plus an extra spare button inside. In case you lose a button, or want to test its durability. But the label says dry clean only. The buttons have glinting tiny jewel-like pieces, secured under a see through varnish. The buttons are fastened with black matt loops. Beautiful Braid The ed...