Dress Of The Day with Angela

 I had heard of the rule of thirds in photography, but not in clothes. You can look at the rule of thirds up and down or side to side when composing or cropping a photo of yourself or another human body or a landscape. I like to have the head, hair, hands and feet in the picture. Some newspaper editors, on the contrary, crop faces to cut off hair and show eyes to make eyes bigger and a small face photo bigger on the page.  I prefer central interest. Symmetry. I agree that a figure on one side can be arresting, especially if it frames the distant view. Now, what about clothes. Can we apply the rule of thirds? We can make sure that a colour accent is in all thirds of the picture, the hairband, the belt and the shoes. I look at myself in a full length mirror before taking photos. I try front view, sideways, head turned, arms out and in, up or down, forward and back. I add and remove belts. Smaller or larger bags. Complementary or contrasting colours. Finally, we take two or three...

Photo by Trevor Sharot. The Pink Top Pink eyelet sleeveless top from eBay,  Papaya, size 8. Lined, Tiny pink button fastens small same fabric loop, in keyhole upright oval opening at back of neck. Diagonal bust darts. Made in India. Spare small button on the washing label. Plain fabric without eyelets at the back. The lining finishes a few inches above the scalloped hem to create the see through holes. Matalan Retail Ltd.  Wrap skirt I wore it with the corners tied in a double knot. The resulting diagonal draping at the side is a bit bulky and would stick out under a long jacket or thin, summer raincoat. Knotting works only on a thin fabric.  Pink tape ties (known as red tape) should be added with safety pins or a brooch, for a quick trip to the shops, later sewn on. From a pink scarf. Dark turquoise, silky feel, shiny satin-look edging. Made in India. 100% cotton. Label brand Boden. Possibly bought from a charity shop in the UK. Worn over a half slip in case it comes apa...

The British Museum in London, England in the UK has a wbsite showing several gifts featuring cats such as cat bookends, ear-rings, cat scarves, a cat design umbrella. the replicas of an Egyptian cat vary in price from 50 to a 100 and 200 pounds. Cat ear headphones , such as cats as bookends. You can also buy scarves with cats and other animals. Key rings with cats are popular. Draw A Cat On A Tee-shirt If you have an old white tee-shirt, you can smarten it up, make it more itneresting, and cover stains, by drawing on it, painting on it, or adding a piece of cloth in another colour. For example, if you have a white tee shirt and a black tee-shirt, you could cut identical size pieces from each and sew onto the other. Result, a white cat on black and a black cat on white. You could make a his and hers outfit, or two for Saturday and Sunday, or mother and daughter, or two for twins or siblings (brothers and sisters).  Cats are very easy to draw. A figure of eight. Draw around coins. Or...