Beautiful Butterfly Boohoo Top 485a and my search for butterfly patterns on clothes - leading to b/w outfit 485b.

 

Meryl Lawrence, wearing a colourful butterfly jacket fro Boohoo. Photo by Angela Lansbury.


This beautiful butterfly top was worn by my friend at Writers' Summer School at the Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick, Derbyshire, England, UK. I stopped to compliment her on it and ask her where she got it. She said from BooHoo. 

The colourful loose jacket upgrades a pair of pale blue jeans into an evening outfit.
BooHoo
I typed butterfly into Boohoo and did not find this item. However, I found 50 items featuring butterflies, from jeans to bikini tops.

I found more on Amazon and Etsy. 

Search Words - Such as Kimono
I tried searching the word kimono which brought up something which had eluded me for years, how to find ankle-length outfits with wide sleeves to be sure they were large enough to go over my upper arms.
Other magic search words are batwing sleeves, beach cover-up. 
 
On ebay you can buy second hand items. I search from low to high prices. Alternatively, to avoid bidding, so you know exactly what you are paying, tick the box on the left column, buy now. 

Useful Websites (alphabetically)
Amazon

Boohoo

Light In The Box
I found a colourful top from Light in the box costing UK 19 pounds. If you login from another country you get your currency. Or you can set your delivery address, currency, and choose a website with .com or the version for your country.


Ouku

Shein

I didn't find my friend's jacket. But I ended up buying this one. Back and white. I prefer colours. But black and white will match a lot of items winter and summer.

Black and white blouse pictured on ebay. Bought by Angela Lansbury.

See later posts on red butterfly top.

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