Dress of the Day 265: Vintage Blouse Agalarov Collection With gold buttons and black edging to cuffs plus red Gabor flat shoes with a bow - and Sicari top again

If you are thinking of having a blouse made, or making one yourself, here are some features  you might like to copy.

The fabric is simply 100% polyester, mainly white.


Photo by Trevor Sharot.

Buttons

 The blouse has triple gold buttons on each cuff and triple gold dome buttons on the neck. With ribbon fastenings for the buttons. You could sew the spare button onto a headband, scarf or hat. This would co-ordinate the look. If I did this I would keep the item with the matching button close by, on the hanger, attached to the blouse with a safety pin, or folded into the blouse, or even half in the solo blouse pocket.

Spare Buttons

The blouse has two handy spare buttons attached to the washing label. One if the gold style. The other is the four hole button hidden in the placket.

Also a flat black satin edging to the cuffs. The cuff edging matches the black edge to the collar. This is practical. The blouse looks clean. No crumpled nor fraying edge. The effect is decorative. The black creates a co-ordinated look. The black on the blouse co-ordinates with a black skirt or black accessories such as a belt, bag and shoes. 

Anthony Sicari label top as in the previous photo.

Flat red shoes 

Inside is written obermaterial echtes leber which means upper material real leather. The brand name is  Gabor.

A red shoe in the sale in October was sixty two pounds. This is a flat shoe with cut outs.

https://www.gaborshoes.co.uk/womens-c1/shoes-c2/wedges-c87/evelyn-womens-low-wedge-heel-shoes- Sixty two pounds reduced from eighty five pounds in the sale. Sign up for offers.

Useful Website

https://higomore.uk/products/layered-sleeve-wrist-cuff-1-pair

Gabor Logo

The g was very faint inside my shoes but when I searched the words shoes and abor, up popped a current website.




If you like the bow, they have a flat black or navy ballerina pump with a bow.

https://www.gaborshoes.co.uk/womens-c1/shoes-c2/wedges-c87/evelyn-womens-low-wedge-heel-shoes-p35400?attributes[1]=26940

https://www.gaborshoes.co.uk/womens-c1/shoes-c2/court-shoes-c82/nola-womens-mary-jane-court-shoes-p33889#attribute

Ninety five pounds for a shoes in black with an ankle strap.

You can also buy clip-on bows for shoes in pairs. But it's  quite hard to find a shoe suitable for a bow to clip on horizontally.

Free delivery on UK orders.

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Angela Lansbury was born and bred in Britain, and has lived in the USA and Singapore. Her family have worked in or lived in Spain and Switzerland. She is a member of Toastmasters Clubs meeting on Zoom with visitors from the UK and USA, India, Sri Lanka, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Through the Toastmasters mentoring program Angela has connected with individuals in Vietnam and Romania, a different connection each month. Please come to the next BHA Toastmasters meeting on the 3rd Saturday afternoon every month. 

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