Dress Of The Day with Angela

  Dress 287, Pretty in Pink, from Shein. Selfie photo by Angela Lansbury. This tunic dress was reduced from thirteen dollars to six, so I added it to my previous order of the red cape dress. The fabric is synthetic. Useful Website shein https://www.shein.co.uk/SHEIN-Sheer-Lace-Sleeve-Scallop-Trim-Dress-p-2872008-cat-1727.html The colour is described as red violet. I would call it magenta. Their website helpfully showed the model wearing the dress both front view and back view. SHEIN Sheer Lace Sleeve Scallop Trim Dress S$6.00  S$13.00 Size:  XS  (6) After I had ordered the two dresses in this post and the previous post, I saw this Shein ad in Scotts Road, Singapore. Shein advertisement in Scotts Road, Singapore. Photo by Angela Lansbury. The online critics of Shein point out that the fabrics used might be 100% synthetic and perhaps not the quality you might have hoped for. The fabric looks like it has been cut, rather than seamed.  Useful Websites https://www.sh...

  Angela with orange parasol, orange caftan, orange flip-flops and orange bag. Photo by Trevor Sharot The Orange Parasol I ordered the orange parasol online because I had had such a success with a pink paper parasol. This item was at first sight fabric, but later I took another look and decided it was synthetic. The 'fabric close-up looks like plastic, possibly waterproof. But I don't know whether water (rain) would wash off the paint.  However, close-up, inspecting the edge of the fabric for signs of glue or stitching, I found some fraying threads. No refinements. No handstrap.  What You Could Add You could add your own ribbon as a handstrap. I bought reels of red ribbon, and green ribbon, from Daiso in Singapore. The ribbon reels were in the stationery area. The Diaso branch was in the mall adjoining the MRT railway station, one stop from Changi airport.  I added a recycled green ribbon with shoelace ends which I had saved from a brown paper tote bag. The parasol h...