Dress Of The Day with Angela

Revising Titles If the post has not many likes, I might change the title to make it more catchy. Move obscure words such as dickey to the end of the title. Updating Labels  I have searched through my earliest posts and updated them. I added labels. I am not sure how labels help. My son who is in SEO told me the labels should say something different from the title. The title is already in search engines. You want to add words to help searchers on the web find your blog post.  I also find the tags help me to find which post is where. Updating Dates I usually copy one piece on about the author to the next blog. However, sometimes the about piece which I copy could be outdated. It might mention a forthcoming meeting I will attend, which was  relevant when I wrote the first post but has passed by the time I reach the second post.  You might also have to change verbs. Change, 'I shall be attending,' to read, 'I attended'. Websites I update websites if I find new suppliers....

  Angela wearing a dickey made from a Disney Princess Dress. Photo by Trevor Sharot. I Was Cut-out For This I saw this child's dress which somebody had thrown out. The dress was way too small for me.  I wondered, where should I cut it?  I wanted to keep the face-framing, colourful collar, and the fancy front, in pretty pink lace down both sides of the central neck buttons. I cut it off at waist level. I had to slit up the sides. I had an A shape dickey with a front opening so it went over my head. I kept the skirt for later.  The Dickey The dickey left a gap under the arms. It could be linked with two sections of flat elastic horizontally  under both arms. Or simply concealed under a jacket. I looked at my cape blazers. I had cape blazers in black, red and white. Black was too heavy looking against the pink lace jabot. The red jacket matched the embroidery.  The Short Skirt The skirt was short. Yet, surprisingly, wide. Once cut off, pleats opening up. It wa...

  The size is astronomiical, too big to wear. Opened up, it is a talking point. One comment on the website from a buyer said she was happy to use it as a pendant on a neckchain. The third central ring has a line indented but doesn't open up to a fourth. The picture on Amazon of a slightly more expensive ring, plus postage - unless you are in Amazon Prime or sender's delivery area) it seems to show a fourth ring. Maybe this accounts for the price difference. They can be made with from two to eight rings, but the more rings the bulkier. You can buy them in stainless steel, zinc alloy, silver tone or gold tone.  Useful Websites https://www.ebay.com/itm/401786947749? https://www.amazon.com/Astronomical-Finger-Foldable-Sphere-Cosmic/dp/B07V3D7YH1/ This one seems to come with a chain, and a flannelette envelope. On Amazon you can read all the reviews. Update, Aug 19 2021. I found that if you press your fingers together the ring moves lopsided so it sits diagonally on the finger (whe...

Recycling Small Clothes Into Collars and Dickeys Many months ago I rescued a small size black garment from the tip. I washed the little dress in the washing machine. I risked damaging it, but nothing to lose. As my mother used to say, it doesn't owe you anything.  The item was clearly mush too small for me. So I cut off the top. The top had a zip at the back, but was still too small. So I a slit the sides. Vertically.  What I was left with was a dickey, or false front. In black. I realised this when I looked at a dickey I had just bought. In white. You can vary your outfits if you buy a handy false collar, just the circular collar. That occasionally leaves a gap with skin showing if you wear it over a v-neck. It costs about 5 to 7 dollars.   Buying a Dickey If you spend several dollars more, usually six to eight or eleven, dollars, you can buy a dickey, which has an oblong hanging down. But if you want to create one cheaply, or recycle old clothes, make your own. So,...

   Lime, olive and turquoise espadrilles. Photo by Angela Lansbury. At first I was delighted to find these forgotten shoes hidden in a shoe box at the back of the bedroom\s built-in wardrobe. (Americans say closet.) Green Colours We disagreed about the correct way to describe the colour. I called the velvet feel, suede effect uppers of the shoes - 'lime'. My husband said they were pistachio. He said a lime on a tree is a dark green.  These shoes heel covering at the side don't have the rope effect which creates a beach and holiday feel. On the other hand the shiny synthetic look goes well with after dinner and evening wear. So far, so good. However, my joy did not last long. Gorgeous shoes. I wouldn't mind another pair in another colour. But what brand? JW? I managed to find the shoe box with a label.  The distributor. If I manage to find them, they will ask when I bought the shoes. I wish I had pinned or stuck my receipt to the shoe box. Unfortunately, as soon as I ...

A Singapore Airlines bride to be with her beau. Photo by Trevor Sharot. Copyright.  In Asia in countries such as Vietnam and Singapore it is the fashion to do a pre-wedding photo shoot the day or week in advance. If you see a wedding couple in a venue, that's probably a good place to show off your beau and your beautiful holiday clothes. For example, the entrance to a scenic point with the signpost. Waterfalls, walkways, bridges, fountains, outside and inside stations, beside artworks and statues.   For example, the USA: Especially if you are wearing a period costume. Los Angeles' Union station is the setting for the Oscars, extending the space needed for social distancing. The station is open as usual for trains, during the ceremony, as well as before and after. You may have seen the station already as it has appeared in numerous films. One more place to put on your visit list next time you are in Los Angeles, as well as the stars in the pavement. (NB what the British ca...

  Gorgeous Green Sandals, with peep toes, blue inner soles, green ribbon ties, espadrilles, worn by Angela. Photo by Trevor Sharot. I went shopping in my own wardrobe. At the back I found the forgotten green sandals. I loved the green ribbon tries. I loved the mixture of green and blue. The shoes are espadrilles, which means they have rope sides.  When I look closely they seem to be a synthetic but you really don't notice the sides. The exciting thing is the velvety soft blue underfoot. I had the box which shows that I bought them in Takashima department store in Ngee Ann City, next to Somerset MRT station which is one stop from Orchard MRT. Or a short walk along Orchard Road. If it is raining you can walk along underground at two levels, basement 1 or two from Orchard MRT. Shoe Box Storage & Labelling Saving the box is really handy. I wish I had written the date, or taped the bill to the box. If I want to store the shoes in the box, I can still photograph the shoes and pr...