Dress Of The Day with Angela

  My hat purchase at an art show in Finchley, north west London, was a sequinned hat. Angela Lansbury wearing a hat with blue sequins. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. This hat was a success. It looks like a cross between a straw hat and a Panama hat and a trilby. The label inside says 100% polyester. The hat is lined with white fabric so there is not scratching of your skulls from spiky bits of real or imitation straw. I could sew onto the inside band a piece of stretchy thin flat, hat elastic.  (I did that recently on my Sandeman hat.) DIY hats to decorate I later looked online to see what I could find and make in a similar style. I could buy a white hat from China. But last time I bought a pink cowgirl hat, it arrived out of shape from the packaging being bashed.  Silk and Smart Hats I found another stand selling even smarter hats in silk, other styles, such as one amusing beret. Up to three figure sums.   Silk and special occasion hats. Prices such as 40...

  Angela's selfie. Photo by Trevor Sharot. The Delight Of Jolly Jewellery Oh - an orange necklace. I found necklaces which somebody else had wanted to throw away. Orange and red. And other discarded costume jewellery. Given Covid-19, I had to wash them before wearing them. Cheap jewellery. Not gold or silver. Not valuable or fancy. But to me an orange and red necklace, any piece of jewellery. provides a new look, a new inspiration. I found an orange top which I had worn before and was plain. It needed something to enhance the ordinary neckline. I tried on all the necklaces until I matched a necklace.  The orange top looked too loose. So I added a scarf as a tie belt to emphasize my waist. What about a skirt? Nothing too heavy with a light top, which was almost sleeveless. I added a lightweight black long slip.  Matching Jacket? Then I looked for a jacket to cover my arms. What went with orange? Not pink. My white one had temporarily disappeared. I saw the black. No. But I...