The Elusive Orange Eyelet Dress from Zara Post 475a

 The eye-catching eyelet dress in mandarin orange with a wrap skirt and long sleeves was worn by an elegant young Indian mother in the ice cream shop in Hatch End. I stopped her to say, I love your broderie anglaise dress - where did you buy it?"

She replied, Zara. 




I should have asked "Recently?" 

I went online, checked Zara, and Google, but could not find it.

The nearest was this

https://www.chicme.com/product/-Women's-Chic-Me-Square-Neck-Cap-Sleeve-Flutter-Sleeve-Shirred-Bright-Casual-Skirt-Sets--Orange-L/cdf5ebe0-5d8b-4d00-be49-bd7cf75fbd27.html?utm_sku=ODF1601-or-L-ichic&utm

23 pounds from chicme.com

I save https://www.chicme.com/product/-Women's-Chic-Me-Square-Neck-Cap-Sleeve-Flutter-Sleeve-Shirred-Bright-Casual-Skirt-Sets--Orange-L/cdf5ebe0-5d8b-4d00-be49-bd7cf75fbd27.html?utm_sku=ODF1601-or-L-ichic&utm_currency=GBP&country=GB&utm_locale=en_US&geeko_ads=2&utm_source=google&utm_medium=135910673180&utm_campaign=yangweihua?gclid=CjwKCAjw6MKXBhA5EiwANWLODDkmBNKY8ZRrwmBLNVsNrc8Ix36OQwQZPN15QiZIf6gVNG65slHMHBoCiVsQAvD_Bwmy dress of the day on Pinterest

It was 23.30 from Belle Wholesale  

Magic  search words were two piece.

If you simply want to add a touch of colour to a white dress, you can buy orange lace edging from laverslace  on ebay.

I have been looking at those newspaper arti cles showing how the same dress looks on women of different shapes. The orange dress which looked so pretty on a slim, young, woman, with long black hair, might look different on somebody of a different age, shape, hairstyle, and complexion or hair colour. 

I looked through my wardrobe at all my orange tops to see what suited me. A vibrant mandarin orange is great for my complexion. If you have  had your colours done, you will know whether you would look better in a pastel spring orange, a vibrant summer orange or dusty autumn orange..

Useful Websites

https://www.prettylittlething.qa/orange-broderie-anglaise-tie-split-detail-midi-dress.htm

https://colorcurate.com/which-is-the-best-color-orange-for-you/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_analysis

https://www.colourmebeautiful.co.uk/

I had given up when I did a search on ebay and found it. 55 pounds. Zara. Long sleeve. V neck. goes brilliantly with black hair and brown skin of an Indian woman.

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