505 Dear Top in Black and White, Orange and Green
Angela Lansbury wearing a Dear brand top with overlapping semi-circular panels. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. 2022. The top was rescued. Americans call it dumpster diving. I washed it before wearing it, in fact before handling it. The cut is unusual. The outside has two overlapping semicircles. You don't tie it on like most overlapping wraps. (Which run the risk of coming undone or gapping at the cleavage showing underwear or worse. This garment has a high neck. The wrap effect cannot come undone. It looks flexible and is. But the secret to getting it on and off is the zip at the centre back. The Cut Underneath the front panel is in three vertical sections. But seamed from the lower hem to the waist, then a gap between the two outer piece to the shoulders. However, underneath is a lining in black, with a small vertical bust dart. The Brand They bill themselves - bill is an odd word, perhaps I should say promote or describe - as being clothes for business. The brand is '...