Dress Of The Day with Angela

Angela in Cylinder skirt converted into a dress.  Outfit 521, Photo by Trevor Sharot.  The tube skirt or cylinder skirt was bought in Indonesia by my husband. On his return to Singapore he gave it to me as a birthday present, knowing I like clothes. The tube skirt design was a novelty. I wrote about it in my earlier post. I looked at how to convert it into a dress.  I pinned ribbons on the long top gap in two places, making a neck opening, and beside it it dropped two openings for my arms.  By chance, a couple of days later, I picked up a white blouse with short puff sleeves and a collar. What could I wear it with? A plain black skirt (or skirt of any colour). As I hunted for a black skirt, I passed the cylinder skirt.  I picked it up and put it on. The blouse collar solved the problem of how to shape the dress neck. Useful Websites Tube skirt

  Daiso. Photo by Angela Lansbury. The Daiso Japanese shop has many branches, including the central one at Ion and the one by exit F, Downtown line, right next to the MRT for Expo, handy for you or your friends attending exhibitions as visitors or exhibitors. It is also one stop from Changi airport if you are on the way there to leave Singapore and need last minute gifts. Opposite the Daiso store by Expo MRT is Threppy, which has slightly higher prices. Annoyingly and confusingly they don't give the prices. Instead, they colour code the items and you have to check the colour code chart b the cashier on the way in. I photograph it to have a reference to quickly see whether I want to buy something. Angela Lansbury wearing a black detachable, tie-on collar, bought from Daiso, in Singapore. Photo by Trevor Sharot. Black Circular Collar I bought a black large circular collar to put on any garment. It serves two purposes. It makes a round neck tee shirt or top look slightly smarter. It a...