Dress of the Day 192: The red collar from China, contrasting with the blue dress and blue eyes.
Selfie photo by Angela Lansbury. Edited on a mobile phone with cropping and Auto colour enhancer. This red collar from China is applique, a French word meaning applied, or sewn on. Since I hope to use it on several garments, I have added red ribbons to tie it on and I used it as a detachable collar. The Blue Eyes Often my eyes are a disappointing grey colour. I often wear blue, which seems to improve them, but I thought this was an optical illusion to do with having blue elsewhere in the picture. Then I read an article about blue eyes are colourless like water, lacking the brown pigment, and which are like the blue sea and blue sky and change colour reflecting the surroundings. This is really good news. It means that the blue I wear does get reflected in my eyes which act like a mirror and appear much bluer. In this picture I have the red collar matched by my lipstick. The red does not enhance a red garment but disappears, whilst the see through of the central section shows...