Dress Of The Day with Angela

 Inside pocket. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.  271 My vintage hooded jacket with zip off hood. Handy inside pocket. Label Canda, from Dutch company, C & A, which has been in Britain for years. I always found they had small size clothes, and were pracical as well as pretty, and keenly priced. Mine is vintage. Probably from st Luke's in Hatch End in NW London. You can buy from their current range online. Of their current range, in January 2024, i like the reversible gilet in wine and pink. Brand clockhouse. Standup collar. Zip. They call the colour purple. Price 29.99 Euros.Reduced to 19.99 in the sale. Sleeveless. Item number  2203144 The red quilted jacket with hood was 19.99 Euros. Webpage picture. They also have coats with huge pairs of front pockets and hoods. And drawstrings like the one on my jacket which is not as warm nor as brightly coloured as these appear to be. Sale reductions now in January. https://www.c-and-a.com/eu/en/shop Useful Websites https:/...

  Elasticated Caftan I saw this dress in the main shop in Katathani Phuket Resort, Thailand. I had three days consider buying it. I was torn between buying a plain caftan and this elasticated version. The elasticated version was dearer. More unusual. It had a tie at the neck.  I could copy a plain caftan with two rows of stitching, even hand sewing. I did this once years ago when I first arrived in Singapore in 1993 and could not find clothes my size. To make a dress with an elasticated waist, a matching drawstring and matching tie to make a bow at the neck would take a lot more time. It was a different look. it felt a bit tight. Hot and sticky in humid Thailand. Constricting. On the other hand, eventually elastic goes loose. In cooler weather my body would get smaller. I should have bought both dresses in turquoise.  Why didn't I? Because I had already bought the rainbow dress. And a scarf. I had a small weight allowance on Scoot, the budget airline related to Singapore ...