Dress Of The Day with Angela

  Selfie by Angela Lansbury. Double Collar from Ebay. From China.  This collar is pretty. Ideal for an afternoon or evening out. On the other hand, to look businesslike on Zoom you might prefer plain white with a pointed collar. If you are travelling, having two collars enables you to change your look from businesslike for daytime meetings to pretty for the evening. Useful Websites ebay.com Item shown listed as: Embroidered Women Ladies Detachable Doll Collar Elegant Fake Half Shirt Blouse Q Seller https://www.ebay.com/usr/queenmade US$8.66 Free international shipping. .... In March 2021 looked online for Elok of Indonesia. I could not find any current company there. However I found eight second hand dresses being sold on ebay, mostly in the UK, with asking prices of over 30 US dollars (plus postage). https://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-ELOK-Traditional-Batik-Indonesia-Large-Shift-Dress-Caftan-Red-Floral-Tropic/ Dress of the Day 202. Short caftan by Elok of Indonesia. Black cape blaz...

  The white lace skirt and jacket are a matching set. The brand name is Temt. They are an 'affordable' shop, just what I like. I must have seen this at a bargain price. I would have thought, that looks great for a bride, but not for me. Besides the white will easily get stained if I drink coffee or eat a curry. How to Shorten A Skirt When I put the outfit on it consisted of a long skirt and jacket. The skirt was too long. I considered cutting off  a wide piece from the hem. I could use the strip as a headscarf, bandanna, or neck scarf. More usefully, I could use it to extend the skirt upwards and make a top. How to Make A Top Piece 1 I could have attached the cut-off piece to the skirt.  2 Or kept the top as a separate bandeau like a bra, 3 Or short, shoulder covering, short sleeve bolero.  The simplest way would have been to make a bandeau.  If that was too short to cover my bust, I had two further choices.  4 I could use a second strip above the first, ma...