Dress Of The Day with Angela

  Angela Lansbury wearing pale blue kurta with matching scarf. Photo by Trevor Sharot. Copyright. Angela Lansbury wearing pale blue kurta over a long-sleeved Patra blouse. Close up of neckline embroidery. Selfie photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. The Blue Tunic Three Piece Set The tunic is a kurta. The style worn in India and the Middle East. Because a kurta a slit up both sides to the waist it is usually worn with a matching or plainer pant (trouser), usually the fabric without the glossy embroidery. A floor length or ankle length skirt uses a lot of fabric. That raises he cost. So I was very pleased wih y bargain. Oddly, the colour is much brighter blue in sunlight. In the evening I looked at the pale blue under elecric light and it seemed rather epis and wishy washy. However, I decided tha because I have blue eyes, alhough it was not royal blue which maches my skin colour, it might prove a success. I was more the pleased with the resul. If I have no worn the trousers at all af...

Angela Lansbury in beige and burgundy kurta outfit. Photo by Trevor Sharot.   The scarf is long and thin. Gossamer. Chiffon? Floaty. Photo by Trevor Sharot. The scarf needs pinning. Otherwise it slips off one shoulder and falls to the ground. Photo by Trevor Sharot. I bought this dress second-hand for five pounds from North Harrow Library. The library sells books at the front of the library to raise funds to keep the library open.  For the first time they had Indian-style outfits on sale. This type of outfit has three pieces.  The Tunic The long, kurta or tunic, is ankle length on me. The skirt has slit sides. The top fabric is lined with a plain colour. The Trousers For trousers Americans say pants. The slit sides I imagine are one reason why it the outfit includes the pants. The pants are baggy with a  drawstring waist. The fabric is light and thin.  They are pulled in at the ankle. The trousers are a plain buff or beige colour. The Scarf The scarf is very lon...

Angela Lansbury wearing a Dressline tunic style dress. Photo by Trevor Sharot. I bought this at North Harrow library for two pounds sterling. I thought red has to be good. Not a lot to lose at that price. Buyer's Doubts  I hesitated because it was faded in a line under the bust. Old and shabby. Rescue and Renovation  I still thought I could do something with it. Either use the lower half as a skirt. Or use it as a pattern. Or wear it with the top hidden under a jacket. Or sew a ribbon horizontally across the front, or two parallel ribbons. Or dye it so that the faded part took on a vibrant shade. Red Accessories I put it on and looked for red accessories to enhance the new look. My frequently worn red sandals were too bright a red.. It's surprising how shades of red here are. (And how many shades of every colour.) Smart Sandals The two-colour, browny-red shoes were a better complement. They are also an upgrade on single colour sandals. The brand is Josef Seibel. Contrasting Co...

  Angela Lansbury in a blue outfit made from a sari. Selfie. Photo credit Angela Lansbury. Waist tied with ribbon. Dark blue chiffon sari with coloured border in red and brown. Photo credit. Angela Lansbury. The wedding day saying is something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. Here is something old make into something new, and it is blue. You can borrow my idea. The top picture shows the sari top worm over a patterned caftan. This does not work well, because the roses on the green caftan show through. Since the sari has a straight or lined edge, now close to the underlying pattern, this confuses the eye and brain. A better choice would be blue, red, brown, white or black.   How long is a saree length? Wikipedia says 15 to 30 feet long. However Quora says much less, about six feet to nine. I must measure mine. I remember going into an indian dress and fabric shop in Little India in Singapore. I fancied the sari in the window. The price was outrageous!...