All White On the Night: Dress of the Day 161: White Cape Blazer, White blouse and white and brown caftan.

Dress of the day 161.

My title, all white on the night, is a pun on All Right On The Night. I was dressed in my Brown, black and white caftan (Dress 158) for speed and comfort, acting as Language Evaluator for the English language Toastmasters Club Legacy's online meeting, when the Toastmaster of the Day announced: "Our theme is white. Please wear something white." 

I was busy writing notes on which speakers used my word of the day, pure, purify, purity, but in the interval I dashed to my wardrobe to find a white blouse or jacket to wear over the caftan. I found both.

The blouse is labelled BHS (for British Home Stores) and the brand is Topline. It is polyester, size 16 and made in Korea.

The jacket is a cape blazer from Mango.Made in Vietnam. Size EUR XL, USA L, MEX EG.

I looked for white shoes, but my lovely white shoes had disintegrated. So opted for brown. Neutral. Did not clash. Sort of went with the brown of the caftan.

To complete the white theme of the outfit, I hunted through my boxes of baubles. I found something which looked pink and white, but it could be draped as a head band, showing the white part.

Many colours of cape blazers are sold on the internet.

Useful Websites

BHS

https://www.asos.com/club-l-london-plus/club-l-plus-cape-blazer-midi-dress/prd/9682355?colourwayid=15060621&SearchQuery=cape+blazer&SearchRedirect=true

https://www.bhs.com/

brands

The White shop

https://www.thewhitecompany.com/uk/our-stores/dublin

Pattern for cape blazer and capes

https://www.spotlightstores.com/sg/sewing-fabrics/sewing-patterns/costume-pets-uniform-patterns/womens-costume-patterns/new-look-pattern-6396-misses-capes-capelets/8

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