Dress Of The Day with Angela

  Angela Lansbury in all black and white new look. Post 459. Photo by Trevor Sharot, edited by Angela Lansbury.

  New Year's Eve headwear. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.  One of the questions in the impromptu speaking session at a Toastmasters club in London was, if you could spend New Year's Eve anywhere in the world, where would you go? I started thinking about past New Year's Eve celebrations I had attended. What were my favourites?  I have fond memories of New Year's Eve at The Tanglin Club in Singapore. I remember it because I still have a New Year's Eve headband. It can be saved from year to year. Santa Hats At Christmas, on one side of the tree was a large carved wooden armchair for Father Christmas who would arrive in his read and white costume, later to sit and stand alongside excited children and their parents for photographs. Wandering entertainers included a stilt man. Every child received a tote bag, toddler size or adult sizes.. At Christmas it was a red Santa Claus hat. At New Year's eve it contained handband or plastic or cardboard spectacles.  If yo...

  Angela Lansbury wearing a black and white dress, black and white jacket, red short sleeved top and red shoes. Photo by Trevor Sharot. Photo edited by Angela Lansbury. The basis for the outfit is the dress.The label is Coast. Size 16.  Simple Style The neck is V neck, cross over. The black and white dress had three quarter length sleeves, a bit chilly for winter.  The Magic Jacket The jacket transformed the outfit. It turned the dress into an outfit. What was special about the jacket? The striking white long flowing collar. I can't tell you the manufacturer nor the line. The label was cut out of my black and white jacket. I had hung it on the hanger with the black and white dress and decided they matched well enough.  The long sleeved jacket had longer sleeves.  The long white colour of the jacket took away from the over all black effect of the dress. The white added a pleasing contrast. A touch of drama. Deep Pockets The two deep pockets on the jacket, one on ...

Angela Lansbury in red and black. Photo by Trevor Sharot. Copyright..  Smart Red Top Short sleeved top by label Tasachy. I searched for this label. It must have been vintage. I found only one garment with this label and it was on a Polish website, with no bids and no longer available.  So, where it came from, nobody knows. Let's look at the fetures and see what we can learn, and like and copy. Square holes around the neck. The holes around the neck are neat with the uprights which each have three small decorative diamonte adornments. I was going to say beads but they are not sewn on. Maybe stuck on. I wear the red colour for liveliness. but then what can go with it? A red or black skirt? I need a change from red. Hanging next to the red top on another hanger was a black and white dress.  Not an obvious choice, Plain black would have been better. But I was in a hurry and sometimes, serendity, happy chance discovery, has a great result. A surprise. A novelty. At very least,...