Dress Of The Day with Angela

  Angela Lansbury in blouse with red watermelon and yellow and green pineapple pattern. Selfie photo by Angela Lansbury. This was my regular shirt on my trip around Albania. I washed it out every night and wore it next day. Ocasionally it was slightly damp but soon dried off. A couple of times it was dripping a slight dark purple dye onto a bathroom floor or bath. Mostly I was able to squeeze it half dry and dry it a bit more with toilet paper. Or hang it on a balcony. 

Pink cape blazer by Curve. Selfie photo by Angela Lansbury. That Striking Watermelon and Pineapple Blouse My find in the St Luke's charity shop in Hatch End, which used to be an Oxfam charity shop. (St Luke's has about 17 shops all over north west London, raising money for hospices.)  The blouse has no label. Maker unknown.  I took a fancy to the summery pattern with jolly red. I tried it on. It suited me. I bought it.   A feature is the double button. Having two buttons, one on each side of the opening, allows for the wearer's change of size, or sex if you want to fasten it differently. The Red Silk Skirt The red skirt is from Monsoon, UK size 16.  The waist is tightened with safety pins.  The colour changes from jolly red at the waist down to burgundy at the hem, That is a good place to have a darker colour. A long skirt is likely to show the dirt, or the contrast of dirt. 100% silk. Lining 100% acetate. I found it on eBay by searching for silk. I was del...