Prize-winning Dress of the Day with Dolly and Red and White Santa Hats. Dress 170

 

Angela is wearing:

A red satin effect skirt, brand label Platinum.

A form-fitting red top. Reversed back to front to hide the white cartoon picture.

A white cape blazer, brand White bird. (Yes, lower case for bird.)

Red shoes with toe post and sparkly diamond effect glass beads and wedge heels, brand Covet.

A red wig. (Available from party shops online.)


Santa Hats

Angela and the doll are wearing red Santa hats, bought from bargain store Daiso in Singapore where everything is 2 dollars. Daiso is Japanese and  also has branches in  many other countries.

Rescued Dolly

The dolly was rescued and washed. She looked a bit sulky with a small mouth so I drew on her face using a pen. I added a smile line going up both sides of her mouth and small lines either side of her eyes. 

You can't see the tiny lines on the photo nor on Zoom. However, making her smile makes me smile back, which improves my mood and the quality of the photos.

Prize Winner

Dolly has appeared previously in one of my photos. I like every picture to have a new dress of the day as well as a new prop, but with the added Santa hat the effect is new. Besides I wanted her for a photo making an appearance at Nee Soon East online meeting on Christmas Eve December 24th 2020. We, dolly and I, won the prize for best dressed, which was shared jointly with another participant. The President generously decided to award the prize to the two people who had made the most effort, not choosing between us.

Useful Websites

https://www.daisosingapore.com.sg/store_location/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daiso

About the Author

Angela Lansbury is a travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. She evaluates speeches, judges speech contests and runs language workshops.

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