Dress Of The Day with Angela

 I was unpacking my suitcase from a trip to New Zealand earlier this year when I came across a bright yellow fabric tote bag. I did not need a bag. But I looked at it. The colour was what i call screaming yellow. With large white circles or discs, a bit like large polka dots, but too big to be comfortably called dots. Mysterious Unusual Straps The bag was large and had wide handles. Something strange about it. What were those handles for? They were slotted through large reinforced buttonhole style slots. So the handles slipeed through as if you could adjust the bag in some way. Why were the handles through slits at the base of the bag as well as the top? Was it for carrying a baby on your front or back? I looked at the label giving the brand name, Notabag. Why not a bag? Not just a bag, but something else as well, too long to put in the brand name. I found the company's website on the internet and all was revealed.  Notabag History - Problem & Solution The company started ...

When buying a rucksack (backpack) I look for a bottle pocket at the side. Preferably two of different sizes. Sometimes a small pocket doesn't hold a tall water bottle which tumbles out. Backpack with bottle pocket.  Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. Here's a new idea. Attach a bottle pocket to your waistband of trousers or a skirt. Then you are hands free when climbing ladders, stiles, stairs at stations, onto a bus, hands free for photo taking. But the bottle is handy for a quick swig.  From Clothing Arts. In black or brown. Clothing arts. Pick pocket proof clothing. Has an extra inside press stud or zip. Pickpockets The other feature you might like is the zip over a false pocket.  Bear in mind that a group of pickpockets will crowd around you and each one will aim at a different pocket. You have only two hands. Two of them have four hands.  Useful Websites https://www.clothingarts.com/collections/p-cubed-pick-pocket-proof-travel-clothing/products/attachable-bott...