Dress Of The Day with Angela

Angela is wearing an Anthony Sicari two piece skirt suit in black, fuchsia and green. Photo by Trevor Sharot. Anthony Sicari Suit Design Black knitted fabric with contrasting shiny satin-like panels on the cut of one sleeve and shoulder of the other. The contrast fabric is on the lower arm on one side, but attached to a black knitted cuff on the other side. The lower part of the sleeve attaches to the upper part diagonally on both arms. Distracts attention from the shape and large size of the wearer. The skirt has scalloped overlapping frills of the patterned fabric. The skirt is attached to a sleeveless tunic top, under the thicker knitted sleeved top. Cravat? I find that the white thermal vest distracts and is the wrong fabric, pattern and colour and looks like underwear which should be hidden. The solution is to cover it with a cravat or scarf. Usually Anthony Sicari outfits come with a matching scarf. Sometimes if you have a long skirt, a long hem, or a skirt which is so long that ...

  Angela Lansbury at Table at 7. Photo from Angela's mobile phone camera.  The Dress The dress is silk, soft and light, but delicate.  The label is Wanita. Wanita means woman in Malaysian and Indonesian. The garment is made in Malaysia.   It is batik. Batik is wax-resist dyeing. The Pattern The colour scheme background is black, or dark grey.  The large flower pattern has orange and white flower petals with vivid fuchsia pink flower centres, and two shades of pale lime green.  The black background is easy to look after. It doesn't get dirty on the hemline nor on the neck. On the other hand, it would tear easily. So I don't wear it for going hiking, nor on and off buses and trains. (On this occasion we went both ways to lunch and back in a taxi.) I don't wear it for long. The pattern is on both front and back. The Caftan Style You Could Copy The style is floor length caftan. Two vertical seams are about a hand width in from the edge. (Very easy if you w...