Dress Of The Day with Angela

  Angela Lansbury in orange dress from Primark. Outfit 382. Photo by Trevor Sharot. At the Wriers' Summer School in Swanwick I admired two dresses, one was in green. The other was in orange. Plain simple dresses. Clear colours. Bright colours. Years ago, my mother would not have allowed me to buy a dress which was gathered, or anything with rick-rack braid. She would have said, no dtyling, no cut. Tht is what you put on bsbies. For adults women you need cut to make a fitted dress which enhances the curved or th breadst, wais,t hips and bottom. The Orange Dress Oh, well. I saw the orange dress in Lidl. I loved the colour. I had to have it. The size is ten. Slightly small for me. If you wear a long0sleeves thermal vest under it, the arms feel too tight. Esmara The label is Esmara. This is the Lidl brand. They aim to offer a range of staples such as tee-shirt, plus a few higher priced smart designer items but still at discounts compared to other sources. The orange dress was also avai...

 Angela Lansbury, selfie with Disney Mary Poppins hat Disney Mary Poppins hat from Lidl. Part of an outfit for 4-6 year olds. Price 4.99 pounds. Bought from Lidl in the UK in October 2021. 'Where did you get that hat?' asks the old song. I went into a Lidl  store in London for the first time for a long time. They opened a new branch in Harrow and Wealdstone next door to Waitrose. (Replacing Homebase.) Signs everywhere read, when it's gone, it's gone. In the discount area I spotted a hat. It fitted. But what did I look like? No mirror. So I took a selfie with my mobile phone. Terrific! No price on it. When I got to the checkout, they told me it was part of a set, and I would have to buy the complete set - for a six year old.  The price was only 4.99, a reasonable price for an adult's hat, so to get it I had to buy the set.  Now I am wondering whether I can slit the sides of the child's dress and make it into a dickey, just a front. I would need to link the front ...