Dress Of The Day with Angela

  Angela with orange silk skirt, white silk blouse. Photo by Trevor Sharot.  The Orange Skirt The linchpin of this outfit is the orange skirt. It looks like Thai silk. It is iridescent. Shiny. Luxurious looking. No label. The lining adds body. The Blouse The white blouse The blouse is by Jacques Vert. Size 12.  But where the sleeves fit into the shoulders they are wide.  The fabric is 100% polyester. The fabric is finely woven and soft as silk. Made in Hong Kong. Hand wash at 30 degrees c.  Blouse Buttons The single button on each cuff has a buttonhole. The neck is fastened by two buttons, closely one above the other.  That keeps the neckline neat. All the buttons, eleven of them, are covered with the fabric. You can buy larger buttons online which have a metal push in top and are designed for you to cover the top with fabric and push it in. The front buttons are fastened with small semi-circular ribbon loops. The design is a V-shape pleating from the shoulders to half way down the joi

  Angela wearing  dress of the day 261, an autumn green skirt and top from Ann Balon. Photo by Trevor Sharot. 100 per cent viscose rayon. Hand wash.  I bought this outfit second hand on ebay. The colours  are shiny satin effect and darker green lace effect with the satin effect backing. Elastic is getting a bit loose. Huge shoulder pads. An iridescent thread runs though some, not all, of the braid on the lace.  The sleeves are batwing, wide at the shoulder narrowing to cuffs. The sleeves are in six sections, three lace sections alternating with the satin effect.   The skirt is a stunningly complicated design. So many different pieces cut out and deftly stitched together. The plain satin is hardly distinguishable from other panels with a faint swirly design reminiscent of Paisley. The term godet (French, pronounced go-day) refers to triangular pieces inserted into a skirt to create fullness at the hem, and contrasting colours, patterns, or textures. The pink short sleeved vest is pink n

  An Anthony Sicari outfit, black and white dress and jacket. Photo by Trevor Sharot. The Dress and Jacket Dress with pleated skirt. Size 14.  Jacket with knitted cuffs. Swamps me now I have lost weight.  The buttons are large white pearly discs with four holes You can undo the two buttons on the edge but the other two are sewn on. It is a pull over your head jacket because the dropped waistline knitted band has no opening. The cuffs and waistband are a little bit stretchy. What looks like a horizontally striped false front is the top half of the sleeveless underdress. The breast pocket is yet another illusion, designed to make the item look smart. The cuff of the pocket is sewn on and the triangle of the handkerchief goes down only as far as the cuff of the non-existent pocket. Sewn in place. If you ever have a tiny scrap of material left over and are wondering what to do with it, you can make a false pocket and a false handkerchief apparently peeping out. A black and white outfit is

You can go to commercial organizations which teach you about colour matching. They often check the colours of scarves and outfits which you are invited to bring to the meeting. You may be given a set of coloured cards or fabrics in a pouch or linked together by a string, which you can take to your wardrobe at home, or take into clothes shops when shopping. You can go shopping with your own set of cards. Save scraps of card from printed material such as packaging. Or print out using a colour printer. Some garments have spare buttons or fabric attached. Or carry a small scarf or even a sock or g-string (thong) or piece of wool, or a cotton reel or plaited piece of cotton. Or a make up bag in your best colour. Or a bracelet to match.Or your phone cover. Or a pencil or pen. Matching Hair You can also match to your hair colour. A black mask with a black dress and black hair. Shades of colours matter. If a yellow is pale and makes your blonde hair look brassy instead of classy, you might hav

  Picture from Wikimedia. Public domain You are supposed to wear the mask blue side out, white side in. The white side is absorbent, so if you cough, the droplets are absorbed. You won't want to keep wearing a mask full of coughing or sneezing. That is why the flimsy mask which would disintegrate if washed is disposable. (Some masks say up to 30 washes. Others say up to 4 hours of wear.) That could mean 30 days. Or if you only go out or meet people once a month, for five minutes, it would last all year. Regulations are different in different venues and different countries. Some people think you can get away with not wearing a mask all evening if you are sitting in a restaurant or on public transport such as a plane so long as you have a glass of drink nearby. However, other places are stricter and have signs or instructions saying that you can  remove your mask only when actually eating to put food into your mouth. I can see the point of this. A family member was sitting next to me

  I can see the point of this. A family member was sitting next to me during a meal. In between courses we were talking. He felt a sneeze coming on. He pushed his chair back from the table. He sneezed. I felt liquid droplets land on my bare arm. What is the moral? Being one foot away from somebody is not enough. 1It helps to wear a sleeved garment you can wash. 2 Or sit near the toilet or bathroom unobstructed so you can get up and wash. 3 If you are an adult in charge, make the others wear masks. Useful Websites How far can a sneeze travel? https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FajLbmZ1u8 About the Author Angela Lansbury, is a semi-retired travel writer still researching bucket list countries and seeking out the special, unusual, people, places,  landmarks, hotels, museums and trails, fabulous foods, recipes, clothes and online souvenir shopping. Angela Lansbury is a member of Toastmasters International. About the Author Angela Lansbury The Author - Quick Quotations Angela Lansbury B A Ho