Dress Of The Day with Angela

  Dress 221. Photo by Trevor Sharot. Angela is wearing a pink cape blazer. Multi colour collar (see in dress 220). Pink paper concertina fan. Rescued folding stool. Live orchid growing in pot on balcony.  Coral Pink Cape Blazer Brand name, Pretty Little Thing, from the UK. Size UK 16, AUS 16. EUR 44, US 12. The label says 95% polyester 5% elastane, made in UK. It doesn't meet in the middle and is inclined to fall of my shoulders, maybe because I broke my right collar bone in a pedestrian road accident in Corsica in 1984. I solved the slipping jacket problem by sewing on a pink pair of ribbons one each side, which have the lettering dote. The ribbon brand name has a lower case d and an upward accent on the e. The Pink Paper Parasol I wanted a parasol in pink and the cheapest was made of paper. No good in the rain. But great for a sunshade or accessory or photo.  I liked it so much I have ordered another in orange. A bit small. Super for a small child who is not keen on bri...

  The Scarf - Shopping Scarf by Thomas Calvi, ten pounds, from a motorway service station shop between London and Swanwick, Derbyshire, driving back south. The Print You have to stand as I did, arms out, to show the full effect of the print. I chose a plain colour jacket in coral pink, picking out the colour of the scarf, plain rather than print to show the print on the edge of the scarf.  The Scarf Fabric The fabric is see-through and light-weight. It does tend to run easily. If I see a thread hanging, I cut it off before it can catch on something and pull tight. The Buttons This scarf is the same construction as the one in the previous photo. Two long oblong scarves hang, one over each shoulder. The two scarves are fastened together, down the front by three bottons, down the back by another three. The buttons are simply sewn to fasten the two scarves edge to edge.  The buttons are four and a half inches or eleven centimetres apart, buttonhole to buttonhole.  The Ca...