Dress Of The Day with Angela

Sher in sheer delight white outfit, with boyfriend Kit. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.  New Zealand Dress Code New Zealanders wear shorts and short sleeved-shirts in their summer, the last of which is February when the schools resume. New Zealanders don't wear short sleeves and shorts only at lunch time. They go out to to utdoor restaurants dressed like that, too. Jandals and Flip-Flops - The Advantages Kit is wearing what the British call flip-flops. The New Zealanders call them jandals, short for Japnese sandals.  We think of flip-flops as footwear suitable for being almost barefoot on the beach. Shake out sand. Wash them off. When walking along the shore you can take them off in a hurry to paddle - and they are light to carry. They protect your soles from sharp rocks and stings. But leave you free to enjoy the sunshine and freedom from enclosure or rubbing. You can wiggle your toes.  Put them on quickly for scorching hot sand, or rough paths. Or bars and restaura...

  I was packing for a trip from cold England in January, stayng in New Zealand for three weeks January to February.  Did I need 21 day and evening otufits? I tried on complete outfits to see that I had boleros or jackets to match. I also checked accessories, shoes or sandals to match all the evening outfits, and an evening bag to go with all the colours. I packed both red solid shoes and brown sandals for daytime. Silver sandals for the evenings. Plus belts for skirts or dresses which were too long and trousers wwhich were too big around the waist. Matching Evening Bags I picked an easy to pack roll-up U-shape sequin shoulder bag for evening in goldy pink.  For a better match, I had a compact to pack, flat, silver foil-effect, square tote bag.   I packed enough outfits for a  different one every day of the week, and every evening. Seven summer daytime outfits. Seven evening outfits.  Plus the warm weather, red, Indigo Moon skirt, and mustard indogo Moo...