Dress Of The Day with Angela

  Photo by Trevor Sharot. I have several Anthony Sicari outfits. Just search on this blog. This one is what I chose to wear for the AGM and wine tasting and fish and chips or chicken and chips supper at the Welwyn Wine Society. Bearing in mind I could spill red wine, or get grease or cutty stains on my front, I chose a darker top instead of my more summery white background Anthony Sicari outfit. Here is the white one. Also size ten. You see what I mean about the white one being more vulnerable to red wine stains. The label with the American flag is cute, isn't it! Photo by Angela Lansbury. I had pinned the matching scarf onto the white outfit. Easy to find. Won't get lost. Nor forgotten. Easy to fold or hang neatly. Photo by Angela Lansbury Just a quick reminder about this label. It was big in the USA in the late 1900s. You can find lots of them on ebay. The cost of sending them to the UK means they are expensive for us in England, cheaper for you when you are in the USA, if yo...

 My vintage Anthony Sicari outfit. Probably bought in the eighties. The outfit consists of three matching pieces. The Skirt The skirt, or dress with a thin, white sleeveless top holding the plated skirt in place.  The skirt is pleated. I am not thrilled with pleats. In theory, you can remove the skirt, convert it into a wrap skirt, and still have spare fabric for a scarf or headband or belt or all three.  I have done that with free secondhand garments which were too small on the hips at the join, so I had to remove the skirt. Since the garment was free, and unwearable as it was, I had nothing to lose and everything to gain. However, this outfit fits perfectly. It cost a lot. I am not going to risk ruining it, nor having it in pieces whilst    I am too busy to finish it. The Matching Top The blue knitted body of the top, with wide sleeves in the same fabric as the skirt.  The Bonus Scarf A matching scarf is what completes the co-ordinated look, makes it look...