Dress Of The Day with Angela

 Increase in Insects With global warming we are seeing mosquitos and biting insects more often in England and other parts of the world. My travels to overseas country, plus living in Spain, the USA and Singapore has tught me a lot about prevention, and cure. Anti- Insect Clothes - Cautious Cover-up Your first line of defence is to cover up as much as possible.  My Japanese friend Yumi was playing golf in Singapore and Malaysia. She wore shorts and short sleeved tops. She went off the green after a golf ball which landed in long grass.  She was bitten by a mosquito, and got dengue fever. She ended up in hospital. She thought she was going to die. I thought she wwas going to die.  Fortunately, she recovered. But we both learned the lesson. Insects - Lessons Learned After that she was very careful to wear long sleeves and long trousers. In addition, one can wear long socks, hats with brims and neck covering. We both took care. Nothing was too much trouble.  Now, my...

 Angela Lansbury wearing a caftan over a white shirt. Photo by Trevor Sharot. The White Shirt  I had a white discarded man's shirt. I saved it for several reasons.  1 I wanted a pointed collar to look more businesslike on Zoom in a meeting. 2 I wanted sleeves to look more businesslike when wearing a caftan. 3 I wanted covered arms against insects such as mosquitos. 4 I wanted a shirt which could be washed out daily, and would dry quickly. You can put the collar in bleach for four hours or more.Or cut off the collar. Or reverse it. The cuffs can be cut off. I simple seamed them up, hand sewing over the raw edge The shirt sleeve was a little too long. So I folded it back. . Caftan You can buy caftans online, made in Indonesia, or India. In Singapore look in Chinese and Indian shops. Mustafa's deaprtment store should have several.  Useful Websites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaftan https://www.mustafa.com.sg/