Dress of the day 225 Flowing Silk Caftan, plus velvet V shape collar in wine colour (with double white collar embroidered)
Angela Lansbury at Table at 7. Photo from Angela's mobile phone camera. The Dress The dress is silk, soft and light, but delicate. The label is Wanita. Wanita means woman in Malaysian and Indonesian. The garment is made in Malaysia. It is batik. Batik is wax-resist dyeing. The Pattern The colour scheme background is black, or dark grey. The large flower pattern has orange and white flower petals with vivid fuchsia pink flower centres, and two shades of pale lime green. The black background is easy to look after. It doesn't get dirty on the hemline nor on the neck. On the other hand, it would tear easily. So I don't wear it for going hiking, nor on and off buses and trains. (On this occasion we went both ways to lunch and back in a taxi.) I don't wear it for long. The pattern is on both front and back. The Caftan Style You Could Copy The style is floor length caftan. Two vertical seams are about a hand width in from the edge. (Very easy if you w...