By Ellen Warren, Tribune News Service

Dear Answer Angel Ellen : I just saw a fashion photo somewhere of a model wearing a Hermes cape as a hat. And that was being featured as a high-style look. Compared to that, my question seems pretty mainstream: Ever since I was a little girl, I have loved sequins. I have a number of formal dresses that feature plenty of sequins, but they are suited only for fancy, formal evening wear.

Why not sequins for daytime dressing? Could I?

–Kelly W.

Dear Kelly : Oh, yes, you can! And the prices, thanks to modern machine sewing technology, have gone way, way down from the ball gown era. I mean way down. Like $29 for my black sequined bomber jacket from Nordstrom Rack, just to give one example.

An added plus is that manufacturers figured out how to sew o

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