Dress of the Day 204 (a) Orange Apart Impressions Jacket

 

Dress of the Day 204. Orange Apart Impressions Jacket. Photo by Trevor Sharot.

Jacket Orange Apart Impressions, size 7. I can wear it but it is uncomfortable so I have slung it over my shoulders. However it goes well with the blouse. 

The blouse is a sixties style tie-neck blouse.  The label says Lady Lichfield, N Z made, size 36, polyester blend. When you look at the colours closely you can see two shades or paler and brighter orange circles, lavender, pale olive green, yellow, pale grey and charcoal grey. 

Multi-coloured blouses
Such a busy pattern. Five sizes of circles. The fabric is in strips of smooth alternating with a raised material.

Making Matching Material Buttons 
The buttons are self-covered in the same fabric. If you are interested in making clothes with matching buttons, you can buy buttons with a clip on top which you cover and push on. Sometimes there is a hidden spike. You could also take one of those tie pins with a spike and cover the top with fabric, sewn on or stick on. Or painted to match.

Failing all else, find a fan to match. Or colour a paper fan. Or make a fan from a piece of paper or card in the same or contrasting colours.

Colours
Colourwise, quite a choice for matching. You could pick out the yellow, or olive green. I shall try that.

The jacket alone
When I removed the blouse and just wore the t-shirt the jacket fitted perfectly.  
The fabric felt soft, smooth as suede. Inside, onto the sewing instructions was a spare white button. A small white button, smaller than the ones down the front. I turned the jacket over,  and found small buttons  on the sleeves. 


I turned it inside out again. The button was larger. It matched the button on the front.

There must be two labels with a spare button. No, just one. The button had changed sizes. Am I going mad? Is it an optical illusion.

I turned the jacket again. As it turned, the label flipped and the answer was revealed. Two buttons of different sizes, sewn behind each other.


Spare buttons. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

Websites
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Apart-Impressions-Womens-Size-16-Green-Jacket/203083721465?
https://poshmark.com/brand/Apart%20Impressions
https://www.facebook.com/Apart-Impressions-544360455703767/about/?ref=page_internal

To buy silk fans

http://silkfans.com/

About the Author

Angela Lansbury teacher of English (advanced and English as a Second Language or English as a Foreign Language, French and other languages, aspiring polyglot.

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Member of many toastmasters  speaker training clubs and speaking contest judge.

Angela Lansbury, the author of 20 books including Wedding Speeches & Toasts, and Quick Quotations, has lived in the USA, Spain and Singapore. 
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