Dress Of The Day with Angela

  For years I have wondered what to do with nylon mesh fruit bags from supermarkets. Then today I had an idea Hairnet. 

  Child's dress, discarded. Photo by Angela Lansbury. I simply cut up the two side seams with pinking shears. I use pinking shears to stop the fabric from fraying, because i do not have the time or inclination to sew up the sides. If you have a sewing machine or time for hand sewing, you could sew up the side edges. If you cut neatly up one side of the seam, one side is already securely oversewn.  Hand sewing the sides would not take long. I could complete it whilst listening to a zoom meeting, such as a Toastmasters meeting, so long as I do not have a role. I can turn off the video. You end up with an arch of fabric on two spagetti straps. If you buy a dickey online, the better and more expensive ones have a piece of elastic under the arms to hold the dickey in place. Glossary dickey - false shirt front, consisting of a neck filling piece, at the front, u shape or v shape or square, sometimes with a collar and a back piece. No sleeves or cuffs, but you can occasionally find s...

  Hearty Kiss in red and blue with lace collar. Photo of Angela Lansbury by Trevor Sharot. The blouse with the pretty collar has the label Intermode. I cannot find them. I think I bought this in Singapore from one of those tiny stores which look like a garage inside Far East Plaza in Scots Road from the bridge walkway across the road. Desk Bell Desk bells with the words Ring for a KISS are widely available. Balloons The heart balloon must be saved from a meal out on Valentine's day or sold off cheaply at Tesco's the day after. Collars and Dickeys I looked all over the internet for lace collar, embroidered collar and cut-out collar. You can also search for dickey. If you can find the Chinese websites, they have a dozen styles. They fabrics range from thin and flimsy to stiff and scratchy through absolutely gorgeous with colourful motifs and embroidery.  From America you can get modern and vintage collars at ten times what I would pay for a blouse. On the other hand, if you wore...