Dress Of The Day with Angela

 I was looking for something summery and light to wear when giving a speech to Harrovians Speakers Club in London. Not red - too hot. Warm orange.  My basic piece was my colourful skirt. I love the colours, the flowiness, the feeling of luxury. The Silk Skirt, Multi-colour Light weight. Pure silk. Label Patra. UK. Half length black underskirt.  Patra Skirt Style Cut diagonally in forward slash and backlash in several pieces. Blows upwards in the wind Patra Skirt Pattern Black background. Large  sand smaller white moon shapes  on a stalk with a leaf.  Small disc shapes like baĺloons on teeny curved green stalks. Some are dark orange. . The others are pale salmon pink. In electric light at night indoors they look yellow. The Silk Mix Orange Top From Patra Also from Patra. Lace up centre front. 8 loops. Size large. 55 % silk, 45% cotton.  A bit too casual for the skirt. But the colour matches. I had lots of tops with patterns which clashed with the patter...

  SHERRY SOUVENIRS Tee-shirts with the word Sherry Tee shirts sold on line include,  1 Christmas tee shirts with the message,  GET MERRY WITH A SHERRY  Long sleeved, various colours including black, burgundy called maroon, pink and more.  From Baby Originals Ltd on Ebay. £18.99, postage £2.99. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/n8cAAOSwGqFlCa3Q/s-l1600.webp A short sleeved version is £9.99, eg in red, plus 1.99 postage. 2 2 I love SHERRY 34.55 plus postage. On Zazzle you can have a design created by somebody else or yourself printed on products including: invitations, mugs, key rings, paper plates, fans, cushions, caps, aprons, bottle openers, pens and tote bags. 3 Sherry, Sherry, Sherry, tee-shirt on Ebay from Tees on tap.

Insect Bites Problem  I was bitten twice by insects, once on each leg. I was not outdoors, but sitting at my desk. Anti insect spray, and insect repellent, had not protected me. Insect Bite Prevention The solution was to wear long trousers (Americans say pants). I looked in my pile of summer wear and found a pair of long, green, leg coverings. The Green Stretchy Trousers (Pants) The brand label was MACJAYS. Made in New Zealand. I must have bought them second hand from an op shop on holiday in New Zealand. They were size 14. A bit tight.  Deep Cuffs The cuffs were turned up. I tried to turn down the cuffs. they were sewn up both sides. One of them had become detached on one side. I cut the other one to match. That way I could pull them down, diagonally, or up. Macjays has stockists in New Zealand and Australia. For and Against Woman Wearing Trousers (Pants) For Wearing Trousers I used to wear trousers (long pants) when I was in my twenties. It saved the cost of buying tights (A...

I love the colour of this tee-shirt. Royal blue. Also the humorous message. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.   At the Island Wines Summit in Tenerife, the Canary Islands, I saw several dormant and active volcanoes. I met a young man from, Italy, second generation of a vineyard family. He had the word ETNA tattooed on his wrist. I asked him, 'is it an active volcano?' ''Yes.' I gasped, 'Aren't you afraid of an active volcano?' He shook his head and smiled. 'No, I am not afraid of an active volcano. I'm more afraid of people.' His family winery is in my husband's book about island wines, Isle Drink, by Trevor Sharot. Which you can buy online from Amazon. His name is Andrea Foti, and the winery is I Vigneri. Website  www.ivigneri.it He is one of the up and coming new generation of winemakers. He was a panellist who spoke at the conference. He gave me a tee-shirt in lovely blue. The message is minus arrogante, Italian for arrogance, meani...

  My shoe soles melted in the heat. Black sticky mess on the floor. June in London 2026 has a heatwave, predicted to last long or get worse. With global warming, is this bad news for shoes? But is it the heat? Or their age? Or a combination, mean ing that elderly shoes, like elderly people, are more vulnerable to heat?  This problem is not unique to Padders, one of my favourite brands of good value shoes, but a general problem I had had with several brands. I have had the same from Marks & Spencer shoes.  Once, when my shoes disintegrated, and I tried to return them, or at least register a complain about the composition of the sole, the staff asked me how long ago I had bought the footwear.  Buying New Shoes I also had a pair of shoes disintegrate although I had never worn them. I didn't wear them because they were a size too small, my feet are different sizes so one shoe was too small, and my weight and ankles had increased. I kept them lovingly because they wer...

 Aino outfit worn by Josefine, to the wine summit in Tenerife, Canary Island, bought in Grootegast area of the Netherlands. Aino is a brand from Finland. Featuring colourful clothes. From a family firm. Useful Websites https://saharalondon.com/collections/aino https://www.deblaker-exclusief.nl/en/Aino-clothing