Dress Of The Day with Angela

Red eyelet dress 443. Selfie by Angela. Photo taken on a timer. The mobile phone was propped up on a work surface. I found this dress on eBay when I was searching for eyelet dresses. I prefer the old term, broderie anglaise, but eyelet is quicker to type.  I looked for red. I have white broderie anglaise already. My friend in Singapore wore a red broderie anglaise, then a blue one and I thought the fabric looked terrific on her. I love the colour red. Red, red, red! I was happily wearing a red dress at a toastmaster International lunchtime meeting at a business in Singapore. I thought I looked just right. The president of the club sidled up to me. With a sly smile, he asked, 'May I ask you a personal question?' I went hot and cold all over. What was he going to ask!  What had I done wrong? Did I smell funny? Was I showing my slip, or bra strap, or visible panty line? Were my shoes down at heel? Did I have a stain on my dress? Was my hair fly-away, badly cut? Did I stand round-...

Global News. The queen is beautifully dressed and co-ordinated as usual with a matching coat and crowing hat. The hat has a brim which is back of the face so that everybody can see her. on this occasion she is wearing pale blue.  The guards are in red uniforms. Red is easily seen. If you wish to wear the flag colours of red, white and blue, you can buy a big flag or scarf. Wear it just as a scarf, or add it to the front of a tee shirt. Wear it as a tabard.  to make a shift dress from a large flag, use the whole flag, or use it oblong as the front of a tee-shirt or dress. Seam it around the sides , possibly with a white cloth at the back, ideally of the same or similar colour. Leave a gap for the neck centre top. Leave two gaps at the sides for your arms. (I have more details on converted scarves into dresses elsewhere. You can also buy mny patriotic clothes items, socks, underwear, pyjamas, towels, hats, caps, scarves, ties, shoes, sandals and more. UK and USA Strict Singapore...

  I was wearing a loose caftan. My Singaporean friend had said disparagingly, "Caftans are just for round the house. Nobody wears them out to the office or even for shopping. You look like you forgot to dress. They are house coats." Goodness, how things have changed in two years. Now everybody is working from home. They have their camera off because they are lolling around in shorts, pyjamas, who knows what.   I was on Zoom in a speech contest in London.  The President of my club was complimented on his smart outfit. He said, " I am dressed up because Angela told me I should dress to impress".  Yes, I had told him, "The club president should dress up to set the tone, and show he is president."  I meant wear a shirt and tie with a jacket. Not just a polo shirt with a jacket. Still, it was better than a tee-shirt. I remembered when a UK colleague who had gone to live in notoriously countrified New Zealand, returned to the dressy city centre of Singapore. On ...