At a pinch - a size 8 dress! Red dress of the day 436, Divided by H & M.
Angela Lansbury is wearing a red size 8 dress, label Divided, by H &M. Selfie photo by Angela Lansbury. I never though I would get into this dress. The label says size 8. It is weeny. It looked short. Never mind. The Petticoat My white Laura Ashley petticoat with the pretty lacey crochet hem covers me up nicely. The white is a contrast with the red. Critics call it the blood and bandages look. Confession time. The zip has not done up at the back. Only half way up. What can I do? I can go back to the diet. I had considered cutting off the top half and slitting the sides to make a dickey (misleadingly also called a false front, when the front is real but the rest of the garment is missing). I also considered reversing the dress and wearing it open, like a jacket. I could remove the zip and slit the seam below. But the see-through effect at the neck is then low at the back. At the front the fabric sits high, which might feel tight across the lo...