Dress Of The Day with Angela

  Marks & Spencer M & S Collection. they say. M & S for Marks & Spencer. We often say Marks and Spencer's. But Spencer is singular. M & S Collection is one of their labels.  The Grey Marl Jumper I looked up grey marl. Marl is a term referring to rock or soil, also meaning a flecked colour., eg of two twisted yarns (thick threads). For example white and light grey. To me it looks like a light grey. Yes, there are at least two shades of grey.  A darker grey could be called granite. Grey, of course being a mixture of white and black. Sometimes you can see both white and black threads in knitted or woven fabric. Fabric and Material What is the difference between fabric and material. Fabric is fabricated, in a factory, man made, like polyester, as opposed to natural, or from a plant like cotton, or from an animal like leather, suede or wool, or a bird, such as feathers. But fabric is also created, fabricated, woven by hand. Material can be natural from the ...

  Angela in red dress with cape sleeves. Rhinestone shoes. Dress when first tried on, trailing on floor. Photo by Trevor Sharot. I ordered this dress from Shein because of the cape sleeve. I love my cape blazers which look very elegant.  I had seen my friend Vicky in her mother-of-the-bride cape dress in blue, so elegant. That dress looked perfect for a special occasion. Could you wear it again at other times. Or dye it, to make it look different.  The blue dress was too expensive for my everyday budget. Then I saw several cape sleeve dresses on Shein. I signed up to their website and got frequent updates on dresses which were newly added to the website and other offered in reduced price sales. Then up popped this red dress. The price was reduced from about forty dollars to about twenty. The postage free or cheap. I had previously bought cape blazers from China, which were way too small. I had problems with Chinese made jackets which I bought from from Mustaphas departmen...