Dress Of The Day with Angela

Angela in dress 9., caftan with yellow background and colourful sailing boats, July 5 a year ago, 2020. Sushi lunch. Photo by Angela Lansbury. I weight myself every morning and write down my weight in my diary. I have reduced my weight since Covid-19. I am now (writing on Sunday, Jun 20th, 2021) down to 48 kilos. That is just above 7 stones 7 which is what I weighed as a teenager and university student.  The first step in losing weight is to know your current weight and your target weight. Swimming I progressed from two widths to ten. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Dieting. Photo by Angela Lansbury Photo of Angela by Trevor Sharot  Angela is wearing a four piece Ann Ballon outfit. Why lose weight?  1 Because you cannot get into your clothes. 2 You look heavy. 3 you are tired and cannot run. 4 Your family and friends and stranger think you should lose weight. 5 Your doctor says, or admits when asked, that you are overweight. 6 You read that Covid-19 risk factors are age and wei...

  Angela Lansbury, May 2021. Photo by Trevor Sharot. Swimsuit Jantzen (vintage), made in the USA. I love the way the bar across the A looks like a swimmer. I guessed the name Jantzen might be related to sen meaning son and Jan or Jon or John.  I looked it up. The first result I found was Danish, from Jehovah, Hebrew, for God. (Remember the two names for God in biblical times were Ja or Jo letter used in Joseph and Jehovah's witnesses, and El or al, later morphed into Allah. The name Joel combines the two.  The Jantzen company started in the USA in 1916, making knitted garments. The company owners were members of a rowing club. Like levis, the manufacturers were approached by customers. Customers wanted lighter bathing suits so the wearer could swim.  The success of their product, light enough for swimming unimpeded, changed clothing from heavy, loose, all-covering bathing suits to light form-fitting swimsuits. The diving girl became their symbol which changed slightl...