Dress Of The Day with Angela

  Jack Wills white tee-shirt with the Jack Wills brand name. Seflie photo by Angela Lansbury. This British company started with a shop in Salcombe, on the coast in England. Lots of items have the company name. You can find them on the Next website. They have clothes for men, boys, women and girls. In Singapore, too. I wore this around the house all day, so cool, not metaphorically, literally.  Colour The classic white tee-shirt goes with anything. But with blue lettering, blue would be better. This item looks like it would go perfectly with blue jeans. If you want a better match for jeans than plain white, try blue.  If you go to a meeting on Zoom, as I did, or take a photo, you have to make sure the lettering comes out right. Firstly, you must sit up straight, so that the letters are readable. Profile photos ruin the reading of the name. Creases - yuk. Who would have thought that taking a photo could be so difficult. Then you have to be careful that the writing does not ...

  Angela going grunge. Photo by Trevor Sharot. The magic of this outfit is the converted too small jeans. The top is the easy bit. If you have a small jacket, just leave it undone. And/or enlarge the sleeve holes. Or slit it down the sides and wear it as a tabard. To hold it in place, my favourite easy adjustment, add two ribbons. All you do is sew on two small pieces of ribbon. Buy ribbons cheaply from a cut price store. Or borrow the rope or fabric handles from paper tote bags which you and other people throw out. The Top Alice Fashion Shop VIP  The label says NTS 400. Pockets It has two small pockets. They do not do up securely. Large enough for a paper hanky or key. Buttons The pockets are both decorated with one button which says JEANS, in capital letters, rivetted on. The metal buttons on the pockets are the same size as the five buttons down the front, which just about go through the cut open buttonholes. Another button is on each epaulette. I had not noticed the epaule...