Dress Of The Day with Angela

 A blue day dress made glamorous with DIY decoration of hite feathers and mock pearls on the cuffs. Photo by Angela Lansbury. At a wedding I was impressed by my friend's blue dress with white feathery and pearl decoration on the cuffs of the sleeves. Her outfit looked very smart and expensive and glamorous. She told me she had sewn on the decoration herself. She makes a lot of craft items, using pieces of decoration. For example, masks. Her dress has a wide circular swing hem added on. But the top is a simple blue shirt-waisted style. It is the contrasting colour which is effective and the soft effect, like feathers and lace. Her outfit is completely unique. She must have spent a reasonable amount on the fancy decoration. But even so, much less than an expensive dress.  Day and evening What is interesting is that you can transform a shirt waisted style into something so glamorous with the sleeve decoration. It\s like adding a black bow at the neck of a white blouse.  ...

  Angela Lansbury in wedding guest outfit, at Botanical Gardens, Singapore. Photo by Trevor Sharot. The Outfit Jan 17, 2016. I bought this outfit in Hatch End, London, England, at Whirligig, 511 Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, Pinner, Middx HA5 4JS. They have sales rails seasonally. My outfit consists of a skirt and matching jacket. The colours are dream cream and pale blue on chiffon. Lightweight. The Gold Sandals The gold shoes are Velcro or touch and close closure, for ease of walking through the Botanic Gardens. The Necklace The large necklace has three or five blue effect opals or moonstones. Ear-Rings The ear-rings have blue effect stones to co-ordinate with the large necklace. The Event Late afternoon wedding reception and Evening dinner.  Wedding of my husband's former colleague with whom we three shared accommodation in two different condos before the colleague got married. Possible Re-use of the outfit The outfit is stretchy and could be worn whatever my weight and girth. ...

 Brides wear white. A simple colour scheme. White dress, white shoes. Co-ordinated. Colour schemes are chosen for the theme of the wedding. That gets the bride into good habits!   Uncle  Ronald. My colour blind late uncle Ronald had all his clothes sorted into sets with labels: Blue shirt goes with blue tie. White shirt goes with black tie. Since he had recently died, I was the executor of his will, this made me very sad. Now, several years on, I can turn this story around. Isn't that great? Yes! He was able to go out, perfectly co-ordinated. His life was in order. At least, his clothes were in order. The handwriting was not his, so somebody else had helped him to organize the colours.  What a useful lesson. I could do the same. You could do the same.  He had very few clothes. Less than a dozen shirts. Less than a dozen ties. In a morning, afternoon or evening, he could have listed all the colours and sorted out the scheme for the rest of his life. You and I cou...

  Angela in a black mask. A black mask with other colour outfits looks wrong. What can you do to right this wrong? At the annual Writers' Summer School in The Hayes Conference Centre, in Swanwick, Derbyshire, I was impressed by one of the young writers who had a series of outfits, different each day, all with matching masks. How could I match that effort? If you want to buy from Etsy, if you are working, or seeking a date and a husband, and want to spend on several sets of tee-shirts and masks, that is possible by ordering online. To be recognized at your conference or anywhere, It's me, a tee-shirt with a photo. It's me tee-shirt from the-gift-project.com The masks I received in Singapore from the government came in three colours, blue paper disposable masks, black washable fabric masks and white masks. With a bit of thought and effort, I could easily match up the black mask with several outfits for day and evening. You can buy a black mask and matching scrunchie for your ...