Dress Of The Day with Angela

  Angela Lansbury in the pink, wearing a pale pink eyelet dress, dress of the day 435. Selfie Photo by Angela Lansbury. Background I chose a background of dark pink roses to match, or complement, the pale pink dress. The dress looks a bit shapeless, a shift dress. But at least it fits. A bra with more uplift might look better. Perhaps a belt at the back. (My other purchase of a wrong size dress, which is a rival, small, size eight dress, is waiting, untouched, on a chair, as if watching me, challenging me to dare to try it on.) The Dress The dress is size 16. The style is neat - it has a zip in the back. The sleeves are bell sleeves. It is lined, except for the sleeves and a band around the waist. The lining end a short way above the hem so you get a slight see-through effect at hem level. The brand is Studio. The washing label says Sudio Retail Ltd BB5 4EE. Made in China. Shell 100% cotton. Lining 100% polyester exclusive of trims. Their website has their brand and other brands of...

Dress of the day, outfit 199. Pink fan, Pink Patra top and pink Barbie tunic. The Pink Clothes Patra printed pale pink top. Worn over a pale pink barbie tunic with spaghetti straps. Dark pink brim hat. Dress of the day 199. Valentine's Day. Fan of Pink. I love pink. I am a fan of pink. You may have seen the pink fan previously and the hat previously with another outfit.. The Pink Fan  I am holding a pink fan. The pretty pink paper fan, edged with gold, had torn in two. I restored it with a concertina of A4 white paper as backing.  I took two pieces of white A4 paper from a pile of used paper printed on one side. I folded together the printed sides so that that the clean white was outside.   To make the concertina creases, I folded one piece in half along the long side so the crease was parallel to the short side.  I then continued. If the crease was too loose, I firmed the crease by folding the paper the other way. I used a metal ruler as a guide.  I attach...