Dress Of The Day with Angela

Travellers have assorted needs. 1 Security.  Clothing and Luggage To avoid and prevent thieves. 2 Safety.  To guard against accidents and breakage. 3 Clothing & Health.  To avoid insects, mosquitos, food poisoning. 4 Sunscreen  To protect against too much sun. Close weave clothing. 1 Let's start with preventing theft. Warning sign from Ypsilon, taken in Tallinn, capital of Estonia.  1 Pickpocketproof clothing comes from the USA. It features dummy pockets and concealed pockets. Their blog has stories of customers who have foiled would be pickpockets. Their best seller seems to be the pants for men. for ladies there are simple dresses and short skirts. Not much variety of styles and colours. Except for the men's shirts. Two or three muted colours. But perhaps on a train overseas you don't want to attract attention or to look overdressed. The items are also quick overnight dry so you don't always need a second one whilst the first one is drying out. 1 Look for ...

Angela Lansbury wearing a navy blue Craghoppers dress. Photo by Trevor Sharot. Craghoppers Dress - What Is So Special about it? A Craghoppers dress - perfect. I already have their shirts which I wore every day on a hiking holiday. The practical pockets securely fasten so precious possessions don't drop out. You don't want to go back over a five-hour trail to look for your pen. Nor do you want to slide down a slippery slope trying to retrieve your designer sunglasses. Secure pockets are essential for secure belongings, plus peace of mind - you know nothing could have dropped out. I had wanted a dress from Clothing Arts whose business is pickpocket proof clothing, but their colours are sand or khaki and I am into blue. Beside they are beyond my budget. And the dresses and skirts are short, above the knee. Imagine my delight on discovering a Craghoppers dress, in navy blue. At a reduced price. Advantages of Craghoppers and Nosilife Nosilife is a brand name for insect proof clothin...

Angela Lansbury at the Civil Service Club, London, England, UK. Photo copyright Angela Lansbury. I love the pale orange colour. Unfortunatelyk it is not quite the same colour as my long-sleeved shirt. I was hoping they would match. Then I could take off the sleeved version or wear it as a jacket indoors over lunch.  Not much point in wearing a sleeveless sun protection shirt is there? I suppose it protects your neck and chest, and you could cover your arms with suncream, and wear less suncream than you would need with an open neck. You do have assorted options. The collar is the same as the sleeved version. You can wear it normally. Or turn up a kind of hidden Mandarin collar for more neck protection and a different look. The Skirt The Black Cape blazer Brand Be jealous. You have seen this with many other outfits. Craghoppers Sleeveless Blouse With One side pocket This one has one zipped pocket at the side seam. The zip ensures nothing falls out.  The pocket is on the left. Ir...

Angela with pomegranate juice, wearing the orange Craghoppers shirt in Cyprus. Photo by Trevor Sharot. The jolly, practical shirt I wore day after day on my hiking holiday was from Craghoppers. In a cheerful orange.  Although practical, also pretty, stylish. Two styles of wearing the collar, up and down. Tab shirt so you could wear sleeves above the elbow, or fully down for more elegant evening, in air conditioning. Also handy for entering a religious building with a dress code such as a mosque (as we did in Cyprus). Washing The item comes with two tabs to hang it up to drip dry. No need for a hanger. A hook will do. Or hang it from the hook of a hanger on which you have another item. I could wash out the collar and cuffs overnight. Even the whole thing if you take it off at 4 pm after your 5 hour hike, and wash and dry it partially in a towel. (Or you could use the room hair dryer - but I am cautious with synthetics, not wanting to turn them back into solid plastic.) The shirt has...

  I had a pair of convertible trousers, which can zip off to make shorts. A man could zip the lower legs onto shorts to make trousers. Useful Websites Craghoppers