Dress Of The Day with Angela

  Gladiator sandals in gold. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Evening Shoes Needed I need new shoes. Smart evening shoes. Gold evening shoes.  Why? Because my old fancy gold shoes have broken. They were Cushion-Walk. Model number FZ975.. Size UK 4E, EU 37, US size 6. Broken heel on Cushion-walk gold sandal. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. What could replace such pretty sandals! Gold sandals from Cushion-walk. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. Do I need to buy new shoes? No. I just gave a speech on shop in your spare room. Shop in your own cupboards. Save space. Save time. Save clutter. Save the planet from those piles of unwanted goods which are sent to Africa.  Now the empty spaces are full. The piles of clothes and shoes and accessories are catching fire, polluting the air, sending out methane gas, polluting the water with dye from new clothes, with dirt from stained and old unwashed clothes. Filling up land with piles of rubbish. The land could instead be used for foo...

  Angela with orange silk skirt, white silk blouse. Photo by Trevor Sharot.  The Orange Skirt The linchpin of this outfit is the orange skirt. It looks like Thai silk. It is iridescent. Shiny. Luxurious looking. No label. The lining adds body. The Blouse The white blouse The blouse is by Jacques Vert. Size 12.  But where the sleeves fit into the shoulders they are wide.  The fabric is 100% polyester. The fabric is finely woven and soft as silk. Made in Hong Kong. Hand wash at 30 degrees c.  Blouse Buttons The single button on each cuff has a buttonhole. The neck is fastened by two buttons, closely one above the other.  That keeps the neckline neat. All the buttons, eleven of them, are covered with the fabric. You can buy larger buttons online which have a metal push in top and are designed for you to cover the top with fabric and push it in. The front buttons are fastened with small semi-circular ribbon loops. The design is a V-shape pleating from the shoul...