Dress Of The Day with Angela

Grape theme apron from Joom.com £6 Fruit key-chain from joom.com £5  Joom has a large number of grape pattern tee-shirt, a couple of dresses, and several brooches and pairs of ear-rings. Tee shirt, grape pattern, metal ring.£13 from Joom. Bottle glass and grapes, £11 from Joom. Short sleeve. V shape front. Multiple glasses of wine! £13 plus £3 postage from Joom.com, sleeves below elbow. Open neck.

   Websites on Rioja Websites on Rioja Tee-shirt Websites with Grape Pattern Tee-Shirts Joom, from cost of about £7, £11. For winter, you might want to search for long-sleeved tee-shirt. Alternatively, wear a jacket, and choose a pattern which looks good with central detail and when partially covered on the left and right vertical edges. Virtual Try On Clothes https://picsart.com/virtual-try-on-clothes/

I wore this outfit to the Area contest of Toastmasters International at Watford. I had won first place in both the Table Topics contests at Club level, for Harrovians Speakers' Club, which meets at a church near Harrow in the Hill and Harrow station, then for HOD Speakers' Club meeting in South Harrow in the annexe to a church near South Harrow station and bus stop. At the Area Contest I represented Harrovians.  Sandals by Seibel Josef Seibel. Two-colour sandals. Touch and close fastening.  Knitted open front coat Black coat. Seed beads on imitation velvet with small ribbon roses.  The washing tag has the manufacturer's name cut out. I presume this was because the item was given to a charity shop; and the donor wanted to prevent a buyer returning the item to the retailer and claiming a full price refund. Skirt Anthony Sicari. Goes with all my red, and black clothes. It has a pattern so it goes with plain red or plain black. It was a size 10, too small at the waist. I cut ...

 I saw this lovely lady when she was sitting on a bench outside an ice cream shop in Notting Hill in late summer 2026. Her large, luminous eyelashes caught my attention.

Osoi bag. The Korean word Osoi means slow, patient, and timeless.  Zara top. Rouge skirt. Bag Korean brand Osoi. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. In London at the Central London Wine Society in the Civil Service Club. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. Useful Websites Zara https://www.zara.com/uk/ Osoi https://osoi.co.kr/category/bag/42/ Rouge https://roujeofficial.com -ends- Please follow me and share links to your favourite posts.

  I loved the heels on these shoes. The wearer said they were shu shoe. She did not buy the online but in a shop. Did she mean Jimmy Choos shoes?  What did I like about them? The combination of gold and black, to go with a little black dress, and gold or gold colour jewellery and accessories. And the shape, the three balls. Vertical. High heels. You might have to be helped down the steps to a wine cellar. Also from the dining room to the downstairs ladies toilet - but Waddesdon had a big handicapped toilet on the ground floor. When I searched I could not find them. So I asked Gemini. The results came up with heels described as stacked. When I used that word, I was offered lots of choices. Very high. Totally impractical. For me.  But this lady was happy with her heels. She was tall and slim, with short hair. She stood beside her husband with a pose. She had one hand on her hip and her head turned towards the protruding elbow. That attracted my attention. Then I looked her ...

  Angela Lansbury at a dinner at Waddesdon. Photo by Trevor Sharot. Black tie dinner. I was wearing a partially black and red outfit, but when I heard the words black tie I thought, the smartest clothes you have, good enough to wear for a wedding. Black Jacket With red. The wide shoulders were eighties style. Vintage. The black scarf has gold colour inserts. The black skirt is silk with pearly buttons. The sandals are gold.

  In the sunny summer I wore white with pretty pink or vibrant red dresses and jacket outfits. No that it is September and autumn in the northern hemisphere I look right in autumn colours. Orange, olive green and black. The label says XXL, polyester, made in China. Three quarter sleeves, below the elbow. I was wondering about adding something to lengthen the sleeve for winter. Maybe cut the black sleeves off a tee-shirt whose pattern I don't like. I could look for a black tee shirt or a black shirt with cuffs. I could sew it on like a lining.  No name on the label but must be from Temu. I bought several of these dress and jacket sets in the summer

  Denise after an HOD speakers' club Toastmasters International meeting in South Harrow, London, England. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

  Silver nail polish on nails. Photo by Angela Lansbury. I love red nail varnish.  Why not wear it every day? It chips. It does not go with orange nor pink. It probably does no good to your nails. Co-ordinating Colours Of Clothes & Nail Varnish Regarding co-ordinating, I used to take a lot of travel weekends away. I had a small suitcase and stuck to a simple colour scheme of red, black and white. Then I got tired of constant red clothes. My colleagues complained that I was always wearing red. I switched to oranges and pinks. But that meant my orange varnish clashed. Advantages of White Nail Varnish For practicality, I started wearing white nail varnish. White went with everything, red outfits, pink, orange. No clash. Recently I admired a friend's colour scheme of turquoise and silver. She wore silver nail varrnish. Like my white, it went with everything. But also with silver jewellery. I looked in local shops and supermarkets and pharmacies for silver nail polish. No luck....

Cats at top of legs on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Uteruik-Hosiery-Pantyhose-Legging-85-98cm/dp/B07LGZQ1PW You can also have cat stickers on a bag or backpack to continue the theme.

  I bought this from a stand at the annual Headstone Lane fair, in Middlesex.. Useful websites for African Clothes and Head Band Ajubisafrimart.com

 This is the latest craze for children. Jewellery making, beads for bracelets and necklaces. Teeny beads with letters for your name. For age over three, since under threes might swallow them. But under fives are capable of threading beads onto a thick thread, and delight in choosing colours and making things, and wearing the product. Popular as a gift in the going home bag at parties. Don't take them to restaurants. The beads can roll all over the table and floor. When in used, best kept on a tray with sides. I bought a big set second hand in St Luke's in Hatch End. I looked at the bracelets and necklaces supplied. Could I buy multiple bracelets or necklaces with lobster clasps to repair my jewellery?  One in each colour to match my outfits?  What about a plain silver, gold or black choker necklaces for pendants? I found offers on Amazon and Temu. I would want a matching bracelet and necklace. You can buy single set ready made. But what about an assortment?  When I w...

 Red Dress from Boohoo Size 12. It has a handy zip at the back. A nylon invisible zip.  The fabric is slightly stretchy. The Cut Large bell shape cuff. Semi circular frill on both left and right of the V neck. Ribbon across the top of the V neck.  Made in China. 100% polyester. Do not dry clean. The colours go with black or white accessories. Who Are Boohoo? The Boohoo group sells clothes online with the names Debenhams, Boohoo and more. Handy Wiki reveals Boohoo Group plc   trading as Debenhams Group , is an online retail platform that operates five core brands, Debenhams , Karen Millen , boohoo, boohooMAN, and PrettyLittleThing . The Boohoo brand started in Manchester, England, UK in 2006, aiming at the 16-30 age group, offering affordable, trendy clothes. The name was chosen to be unusual and memorable.  It is all one word, no space, nor hyphen. Useful Websites on Debenhams and Boohoo Please follow my blogs and share links to your favourite posts.

 Get lots of complimenrs. Sahara Dresses Ladies who wear Sahara dresses are delighted to report they get lots of compliments. Dresses With Pockets What's is special about Sahara dresses, from the wearer's point of view? Two ladies at lunch sitting beside each other, discovered they were both wearing Sahara dresses. Dresses with pockets. Pockets are useful to the user. Pockets can take a hanky. But even when empty, pockets are a place to put your hands. Hands Off The Table In England We discussed hands on the table. In England you don't put elbows on the table, nor your hands. You might be tempted to extend your arm. Why not. Firstly you obstruct the view of the VIP at the head of the table, their speech, or the person toasting them. You exclude the person on your right if your right arm is on the table and you are half turned with your back to the person on your right. You don't include them with your eyes, or see if they open their mouth, trying to speak and join in.  ...

  I asked my husband, 'Does it matter that I'm lopsided?' He replied, 'Only to you. Everyone is lopsided.' The Pink Dress & Jacket From Temu. The Dress  Pink flower pattern. On paler pink background. Black flower stalks. The Jacket Sleeve length, over the elbow.

 Multi-colour pearls Very classy. Different. The wearer said she could not remember where they came from. Pearls, and mock pearls, can be the classic white, dark shiny grey, pale silvery grey, or dark pink. She was wearing matching single pearl ear-rings. A single one colour pearl. You can also buy ear rings in drop styles with pearls of two contrasting colours. Years ago, the late nineteen sixties, on a student trip to Japan, I bought a grey pearl bracelet on sale. At that time grey pearls were second class and unwanted by buyers, and cost less. Forty years later, the grey pearls were prized for being different, exclusive, and cost more. Then along came triple colours. Instead of boring plain white. A classic necklace can be all pearls evenly matched in size. Or very slightly different, from the smallest at the clasp, each slightly, imperceptibly different, with the largest hanging down at the centre Budget Buys In Necklaces If your heart is set on multicolour spherical bead neckl...

All in blue. Beautiful blue. At the fond farewell to writers at Writers' Summer School. August 2026. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. Useful Websites On Marks & Spencer https://www.marksandspencer.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marks_%26_Spencer Please share links to your favourite posts.

  The Label and Seller British Home Stores. We all mourned its passing. Lovely clothes which, like those from Marks & Spencer, stood the test of time. Now in 2026 I can find British Home Stores back online but selling only homeware and no clothes.. The Salmon Pink Top Pink or orange? Lovely neckline. You can buy similar tops from Amazon, Ebay, Patra and Temu. Temu had lots of colours and styles in August 2026. The cost was mostly under ten pounds with a couple of items slightly above that price. Do an image search or Google or AI the colours and words, such as, sleeveless top, orange top, salmon pink top, lacey neckline, women's tops, summer top, cotton vest, silk vest, bamboo vest.  Useful Websites https://www.bhs.com/new-in/all-offers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Home_Stores Lace top https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/800314210839? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/298297833906?_trkparm Please share links to your favourite posts.

  Dress of the Day by Angela Lansbury. But also for the evening. Dress rehearsal for a one act play in which I play a tree-hugging type. So I am wearing peaceful green and white.  The long white dress White is not a colour I like to wear when eating, unless I have a large white napkin or waterproof apron. However, these dresses are made of synthetic material and dry fast. The pattern is dragonfly.  The green colour is very restful. Smart yet casual. Floaty and light, comfortable, The green goes well with my blonde hair. If you don't have blonde hair, a pale yellow scarf or hat or bandanna or headband would create the same effect. The Orange Necklace  The orange necklace is made up of strings of orange beads, with a section of  black and white beads. It adds a splash of colour to the more neutral pale green. |My husband bought it at an airport shop in Indonesia. I asked him which airport and which shop. When I looked up orange necklace on the internet I discovere...