Dress Of The Day with Angela

  From Shein: Angela Lansbury is wearing a red cape blazer. Selfie photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. Red Cape Blazer  The fabric meets all the way across to button up. It has two large central buttons. No spare button. The collar is lined. The lining goes down the front under the buttons and buttonholes. The shoulders are padded.   The two deep flaps are false pockets.  The narrow neck label with the name Shein is sewn at the edges left and right only, so it could be used as a hanging loop. However, given the creasing, I would hang it on a hanger. Style  This really is a cape. The sleeve is the edge of the cape, sewn down across the front of the shoulder. (Unlike my other jackets,  97% polyester, 3 % elastane. Creases badly. But I like it. The vibrant red seems to glow. My white nail varnish looks terrific against the red. Size Size M. EU 38. US 6. Made in China.  White Nail Varnish White nail varnish from Tesco Express was only about 2.50 GDP (Grea...

  Burgundy cape from Shein. What is great? Colour. Packs small. Light weight. Any reservations? It is described as a cape coat which is a misnomer. It bears no relation to a coat. No sleeves, nor bodice. It is basically a circle in sections with four slits. The shoulders are shaped.  Wearing it over an Anthony Sicari top with absurdly large padded shoulders helps to give it more bulk and swing. I must admit I bought it two sizes larger. I wanted a long over garment because I have lots of maxi skirts and dresses.   I have bought cape blazers from China in what should have been my exact size but which were two sizes too small. The buttons and buttonholes don't meet in the middle. The garment doesn't do up, so it slides off your shoulders. Shein calls this style open front. It would hang better if it had a lining. Or if you bought two, in co-ordinating or contrasting colours and sewed the edges together. At a price of ten pounds sterling, plus two pounds for postage, th...