Introducing The Carnival of Modesty!
Highlighting those that are modest in dress, the inaugural edition of the new, monthly Carnival of Modesty, organized by MInTheGap, will be published July 13th here at The Space Between My Peers! Everyone with something to say about in the categories What is Modest, Modest Resources, or My Story is invited to participate.
This Carnival is for posts that talk about modesty in daily living. We want to highlight those that give good resources and promote the discussion of modesty in the current culture.
Submit your Carnival of Modesty article to blogcarnival by July 6th.
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Just Linking: June 29, 2007
Have you heard about Paris Hilton’s jailhouse conversion? I hate to tell you this but … well, I was supposed to be reading The Other Jamestown Party, found via Life in a Shoe, but instead I got sucked into this : Paris Hilton Finds God. This quote was worth it:
How can we tell if Hilton’s conversion is real? With 30 years of working with prisoners, Mark Earley, president of Prison Fellowship, has identified three things that indicate a genuine change of heart: “humility, accountability and involvement in local faith communities over time.”
Humility, accountability, and involvement in local faith communities. We’ll see, won’t we? Over time.
Now in other news:
- My Fashion Life is obsessing over shirt dresses. I concur. If you find a shirt dress that suits your idiom, do not hesitate to snap it up.We, the ladies and I, have been scouting thrift stores for shirt dresses, mainly for them, for over a year. He hee. When my functionally elegant daughter wore one to church a few months back (it was a salmon pink that looked like it could have been current), her friends were all like, “WHAT are you wearing?” It’s awesome!
- And speaking of awesome, Karina also writes for another blog where she posted the most gorgeous trench coats ever. What kind of weather do you think trench coats are suitable for? When I lived in the Portland area, I had a trench with a zip-out lining for my regular coat; here I feel the need for a wool topper. I guess I’m thinking about people travelling to Europe this fall, would one of these be a practical coat to wander into the Chanel boutique in?
- On the topic of what to wear to Europe: here, via the Sartorialist, is a suit that works in my idiom.
Finally, the hilarious Daddy Likey dishes up great advice for short- and/or stocky- legged women in How to Not Look Like a Hobbit. But here’s my question:
Has anyone else noticed how many, shall we say, trendy ladies are wearing a Frodo-like hairdo?
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Fashion Lab & Month of Sundays Smash-up
I’ve been slacking. I’ve been neglecting thinking about what to wear to church on Sundays and suffering the consequences of a silent drive spent berating myself that we aren’t getting there early enough to meet new people and it’s my fault.
(About every six months or so I promise myself I’ll do better.)
So the other night I was lying in bed thinking about shoes, and how I like each of my pairs of heeled sandals with one of my summery blazers, and I came up with an easy uniform template for July:
unlined cotton skirt + tank top(s) + cotton blazer + heels
Here’s where you come in. (And please overlook the needed ironing.)
How the two jackets pair up with my shoes: the waist-length tan jacket with ruffle trim looks good with my wedge heels and the leather buttons on the almost-white blazer match my new lizard peep toes. (Sorry Wendy, you’ll have to wait for a better picture till I can get someone to take one of me wearing them.) 
And here are my skirts, again ignoring the needed ironing.
- The peachy pink corduroy.
- My personal favorite: the stripes are peach, rose, ivory, and sage green (something like that), I’ve had it for about 3 years I think, and I paid $15 for it on clearance at Gap - Women’s Clothes
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- Thrifted greenish khaki twill skirt.
- This pink one has a pretty little bow and tiny floral weave.
Now, imagine that I have every color tank top under the sun. It’s not too far from true, I have nearly every color one would wear together with these skirts and the above jackets and shoes. Typically I wear two at a time.
What combinations would you suggest? You may suggest jewelry as well.
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Bargain Bags from Urban Outfitters
If you, like me, don’t want to spend the money on a nice leather purse, especially for summer, follow my daughters’ advice to me: get a fabric bag. For the money you save, you can feel good about replacing it when you need to. Who knows? Perhaps it will even prove to be washable.
Here are a few of the current sale offerings available at Urban Outfitters:
- beaded messenger bag: was $48, sale $29.99, use link below for web only additional 20% off.
- Cord button tote: was $38, sale $24.99, use link below for web only additional 20% off. Other colors include solid orange and another floral.
- Canvas printed tote: was $38, sale $14.99, use link below for web only additional 20% off. Other colors include seafoam with ivory print and red with ivory print.
Btw, the upcoming fabulous! festival is over at Icy’s, where the weather is icy and the topic is luggage, handbags, and such (hence this post). If you missed this week’s edition, catch it over at That Dress is Divine!
And tell me, have you ever used anything really crazy for a purse?
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Maternity Silhouettes
At the request of Charity Grace, and I’m sure she’s not the only one around here thinking about it, I’m finally coming around to dealing with how silhouettes change during pregnancy.
- Some people’s silhouette doesn’t really change, they just get a basketball out in front. Go to the head of the class.
- It is possible, not only during pregnancy either, to have two different silhouettes, one from in front and one from in back. Is that any of you? If so, look for garments that are constructed to fit that way, like with half-belts.
- Most women lose their waist, which probably accounts for the feeling of unattractiveness. Learning to adapt your eye to an alternative silhouette is an easy first step to feeling more attractive. Another tip: find styles that are fitted below the bust (just shift the waist up).
- I could be wrong, but I suspect a pregnant Type X or Type 8 is rare. As the waist fills in, the shape changes to Type I or Type O (rectangle or oval).
- Especially during the later months, it’s normal for the hips to widen. Some, make that many, of the silhouettes with shoulder width equal to hips, will end up Type As.
In summary, if it were me planning now, I’d expect to start out my normal Type 8, and move the waist up as the belly grew. When shopping for maternity clothes I expected to last to the very end, I would look for drapiness (because stiff fabrics stand away from the body and seem to add bulk for that reason) and I would use either an Type O or a Type A silhouette. What advice would you add?
Updated to add: Would anyone like to model for a maternity silhouette fashion lab?
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WFMW: Dressing for a Range of Temperatures
Living in the mountains of The Great Northwest, typified by temperature ranges of 30 or 40 degrees within a single day, this has become my strategy for getting dressed:
When selecting my clothes for the day, I choose an outfit I will be comfortable in at the expected high for the day and then layer up to comfort for the low (or whatever it happens to have warmed up to when I get dressed).
For example, this morning it’s a beautiful, sunny day, with an expected high of 69 degrees. Currently it’s below 60, with a chilly breeze. I have established that at 70 I’m comfortable in jeans, tank, and sandals, therefore I’m wearing that — under a sweater. Later today I will be out in the sun and will no doubt lose the layer.
This works for me, but it would work even better if I had a little widget or some such thing for my sidebar, displaying the current forecast (since the blog is the center of my online world). Does anybody know how to do that?
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Teen Style Tuesday: Mother-Daughter Style
Whether or not we agree that every style is fair game for any age to wear or not, I’m thinking there’s more going on if we consider the similarities and differences between what mothers and daughters wear.
Case in point: last week I happened to have a long wait in the department of licensing - a great place to catch mothers and daughters together. Well, there was one pair I’m sure was missed by no one. This 30-something mother and her teen daughter appeared to share not only a hairstylist, but also their closets and bottle of dye. Both had blond on top, black in the back, messy dramatic, pokey-outey hair. The only difference was the mother’s was slightly more tastefully done. Oh and mom didn’t have a lip ring (but she did have a pink feather purse).
What’s going on here?
Now, neither of these ladies would have appeared outlandish to me alone. Why is it troubling to see them together? (Of course, high glamour is my intimidator style.) Then I passed another mother-daughter pair on the way out, also dressed in similar style to one another, this time a more contemporary casual style. Which got me thinking:
- Who is influencing who in these cases?
- Are both parties equally pleased by the style similarity?
- Is it possible for mothers to stifle their daughters individuality by expecting them to adorn themselves like mom?
So how did your mom encourage or discourage your individual style development? Did that have any more serious impact on your personality development?
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What’s Hot at Wilsons Leather
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Closing the Space
It’s a lonely world out there. Moving from strangers to acquaintances to friends is a process that takes time and effort (hopefully NOT money), but offers immense benefits. Some practical thoughts to get you started:
- Sit by someone you don’t know, when attending an event where you know most people.
- When you run into someone you recognize, but don’t necessarily remember, introduce yourself. Repeat as necessary.
- Address people by name. Smile.
- When selecting a seat, why leave a space between? If you like the person, just go in and sit next to them as if you were their friend.
- Drive together, like to meetings and parties.
- Schedule regular times with your friends, even if they aren’t frequent. Make it a tradition, like coffee on the first day of school or lunch the third Friday of every month.
- When you have enough friends, continue to watch for those who may not.
One more suggestion: if you and I are acquainted, try leaving a comment here. It’s almost like real conversation.
I’m republishing this post from December 2005 (from the first two weeks of the blog). I still love it!
What thoughts would you add?
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Four Universally Flattering Colors?
(Are all magazines online now?)
This article at Real Simple calls out 4 clothing colors they say flatter everyone. Their reasoning? All the colors are in the middle of the warm/cool spectrum. (Well, yes, but what about the other characteristics of color: value and clarity?)
The colors:
- eggplant,
- true red (I disprove that one myself, although if it’s mixed with something muted it’s not too bad),
- Indian teal, and
- mellow rose (which is closer to what I would call a muted coral pink, the color I think flatters most fair complexions).
In the past I have heard these colors look good on most:
- periwinkle
- coral pink
- aqua
- apple green
- sage green
You can probably tell I don’t put much stock in the theory that there are universal colors. What I suspect is really going on is that, when a certain color becomes popular, everybody wants to be told that it looks good on them. The easiest way to do that is to say it looks good on everybody! That said, some colors are more forgiving than others and any of these probably would be a decent choice for a uniform.
What are some other colors you think look good on alot of people?
