Dress Of The Day with Angela

  Some of these apparent dresses are just long tops. That is okay, if you want to wear them over long skirts of a dark colour. Look at the sizing charts to see the length. Some of them are not eyelet all the way around but have a plain white back. Admittedly the sleeves show the eyelet fabric all the way around. My eyelet dress 378 with sleeved blouse and contrasting red Cape Blazer by BeJealous. Photo by Trevor Sharot. Useful Websites ebay.com https://www.thestagewalk.com/product/clothing-dresses/rebecca-eyelet-two-way-tiered-dress-in-magenta Just under 50 dollars, not in their Hari raya sale in April, great colour, but short. Two way means you can wear it off the shoulder Babydoll top in white worn with assorted other garments from shorts to blue trousers https://www.thestagewalk.com/moments/stylin-for-cny shein.com

  Angela wearing white eyelet dress, and long-sleeve white eyelet blouse, with red cape blazer by BeJealous. At Raffles Holland Village, Singapore. Photo by Trevor Sharot. Red and white covered outfit 378. Red and white, blood and bandages effect. Wedding dress shops warn you against white and bright red.  Covered but cool. (Cool from eyelets.) Angela Lansbury in broderie anglaise or eyelet dress. 379 bare-shouldered dress. Outside raffles mall, Holland Village, Singapore. Photo by Trevor Sharot. On March 17th I wrote about my friend's red eyelet dress from Thailand, which I admired. A week or two we met again and she was wearing a white eyelet dress. This time she said she had bought it in Singapore and it was a Singapore brand and she would take me to the shop which sold it, The Stage Walk in Junction 8 at Bishan.  Selfie photo by Angela Lansbury. Yenny, President of Braddell Heights Advanced Toastmasters' International speakers' training club, is wearing a white eyelet...

  Angela in all green outfit, dress 303. Photo by Trevor Sharot Brolly is British English for umbrella. Green Skirt The skirt is actually an underskirt, for sarees, ordered from India. Heavy cotton with a drawstring of multi-plaited white rough string. Small pleats are around the hem. I ordered this style in two shades of green. Through ebay. You can see the petticoat with a different top, a totally different effect, in dress 340 with a greeny blue top.  Price just under ten Singapore dollars, about twice the cost of the similar underskirts from Mustaf Centre in Singapore, where the current price (April 2022) is about 4.95 Singapore dollars. The Straight Neck tie The straight edged neck tie in green was cut off the hem of a dress which was too long. The hem was getting caught under my shoes' toes as I walked. And dragging on the ground getting dirty. After I shortened, I had the bonus strip of green fabric to match the dress as a belt, or other green outfits. The Green Umbrell...

  This close-up selfie shows the colours of my top more clearly. Although I have several colours, and in combination look bright, on close-up the colours appear muted and hard to match.  Green Umbrella. Photo by Trevor Sharot.  First Secret of the Top - Mystery 'Cotton' The multi-colour top has a label saying it is 100% cotton. I love cotton. Cool. Comfortable. Yet it is stretchy.  Made in China. I wondered whether they sought to mislead or confuse the buyer. Or the shopkeeper. Or whether the person sewing on the label has poor English and muddles the labels. Or does the person writing the label not understand? Or in such a hurry that they got the wrong label. Or is their dictionary wrong? Since I cannot find a brand I shall never know. Secret Pockets and Second Pockets In addition to the confusing cotton label, two good points. The pockets. Two small pockets.  I love having pockets. I like to have two pockets, not just one. Hurray for a pocket, two hurrays for ...

How To Buy From Refash  I came across a Refash an open top, walk in 'kiosk' (I can't think what else to call it) at Bishan. I bought two items, from well-known brands, Zalora and Love Bonita. That was not chance.  How to Buy From Rehash The Seller - Refash The seller is solely for second-hand clothes. They have 12 branches in Singapore. The Bishan branch is on the balcony overlooking the atrium in Junction 8, a multi-storey mall above Bishan MRT underground railway station. Bishan is a busy junction where two train lines meet. The blue downtown line, and the yellow Circle line. How to Sell to Rehash You can earn from 50 cents to 5 dollars by selling a garment to them. Minimum ten garments. Within 14 days they contact you with the price (which varies according to fabric and popularity). (You don't have to wait for the item to be sold.) If you want to sell second-hand items to them, you can read their information page for sellers. They look for brand names. The clothes co...

  Angela Lansbury in white lace dress by Zalora. Photo by Trevor Sharot. Why Buy This White Lace Dress? At first glance this was not the fabric I wanted, the late was pretty, but not my target. Lace is lovely.  The size was small and it also looked tiny. Most small items I tried on got stuck on the shoulders.  But this had a long zip at the back. You can reverse the dress and just try the arms. If the sleeves are too tight, you either cut them off or let them out. But how do you try it on? These sleeves were wide, no problem.  So I tried on the dress. To my surprise it fitted. A close fit. A perfect fit. A flattering fit. Like hand in glove. Super Sleeves Aren't those shaped sleeves divine! You have to lift your arms to show off the sleeves to best advantage in a photo. I was looking for broderie anglaise, called eyelet in Asia. I already have a white lace dress with co-ordinating, almost matching lace white wrap which has fringes. However, this dress suits me well. ...

  Angela's trophy. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Photo by Angela Lansbury Trophies from our club, Braddell Heights Advanced. https://dressofthedayangela.blogspot.com/2022/03/angela-with-trophies.html These are not my personal trophies but were given to my club, BHA, of which I am a Past President. Here I am with President Saddiq of Tampines Changkat Advanced Toastmasters club with trophies. I opened the doors of the glass cabinet to avoid having a glint of light reflecting in the glass. In summary> Table Top Trophies 1Stand the current or recent trophy alone on a table top Trophies as Foreground, or background 2 Stand yourself holding an award or contest trophy - with the person who delivered it or presented it or the President of a Club. If you have more trophies on shelves in a cabinet, position them as a background. Stand forward nearer the camera or backward or sideways to show trophies in the background, or to partly conceal them if the emphasis is on the latest trophy. 3 Troph...

  Angela Lansbury in red rhinestone wrap, with black and red skirt. Photo by Trevor Sharot. Red Scarf wrap or bolero, chiffon with rhinestones. From Pickonewin on ebay.com Colours available include turquoise. Black and red smart Skirt Skirt by Love, Bonito. (Too small to fasten at the waist. Size UK 6.) Thick fabric. Useful website https://www.iefiel.com/shop-all.html They have a lot of see-through and scanty outfit. Others similar Red lace shrug on ebay under ten pounds https://www.ebay.com/itm/192842600333?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=492976163688&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 Made in China. Hand wash. One size. Red Sandals The brand is Free-step. The size is five. The colour is red. I have similar sandals in red with three bars. They have more adjustment, more for walking.  However, I chose this pair instead. The single bar covers more of your feet to protect them from cancerous suns rays by day.  This style, being semi-closed looks more swish and evening-y...

  Angela Lansbury wearing a black Toastmasters T shirt and matching black mask. Photo selfie by Angela Lansbury. To get the text the right way round, my husband edited the picture in Photoshop. District 80 is Singapore. The tee-shirt is size XL. It is light weight. The label says Made in China. 100% Polyester. What can I wear with it?  A black head band?  A white dickey collar to look professional? A black skirt would look neat but sombre and funereal and monotone. A white skirt. Something in the Toastmasters colours? Suggestions please. Useful Website toastmasters international shopping page Unavailable until May 8 2022. Available from May 9th. Note you may need to be a Toastmasters member to log in.  https://www.toastmasters.org/shop/gifts/mens-apparel  https://www.toastmasters.org/shop/gifts/womens-apparel

Sneakers. Nike. Wikipedia pic. Sneakers are soft soled shoes which are quiet in contrast with hard soled leather shoes. Sneakers  (also called  trainers ,  athletic shoes ,  tennis  shoes ,  gym shoes ,  kicks ,  sport shoes ,  flats ,  running shoes , or  runners ).   Tennis shoes, used to be called gym shoes in the UK. From Wikipedia Women's shoe sizes 49 12.5 31.8 Shoe Size Conversion Chart for Women In this section, we will discuss converting from US size to UK size and Centimeter to Inches.  We also have a chart for Women’s Shoe Size Conversion Chart for your convenience as follows: US & Canada UK Europe Inches Centimeters 4 2 35 8.2 20.8 4.5 2.5 35 8.3 21.3 5 3 35-36 8.5 21.6 5.5 3.5 36 8.8 22.2 6 4 36-37 8.9 22.5 6.5 4.5 37 9.1 23 7 5 37-38 9.3 23.5 7.5 5.5 38 9.4 23.8 8 6 38-39 9.5 24.1 8.5 6.5 39 9.7 24.6 9 7 39-40 9.9 25.1 9.5 7.5 40 10 25.4 10 8 40-41 10.2 25.9 10.5 8.5 41 10.3 26.2 11 9 41-42 10.5 26.7 11.5...

  UK/Australia size 10 - USA size 6 The UK and Australian sizes seem to be the same. American sizes are smaller. So are Asian sizes.    Sizing depends on brand. I can wear from US size 6 upwards, but even a 4 if the armholes are wide or the material is stretchy or the item is loose. It also depends on whether you want to wear a bra and vest underneath, and whether you need to fit a jacket on top. A friend of mine wants to give me some clothes and asked what size I wear. I gave her the measurements in inches and centimeters instead of sizes. It used to be the case that Asian sizes were too small for westerners. I have bought front closing bras. If I buy the biggest size they are so wide that the shoulders fall off and have to be shortened. But the bust is still too flat. In one instance I removed the shaped foam cup and considered replacing the pair of cups with others taken out of an old swimming costume, or even cutting up an old bras whose elastic fastener had 'gone' (m...