20 Friday Jan 2012
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clothes, dress, Fashion, J. Crew, Michael Kors, pink, popover, spring, t-strap flats, woman
You read a while ago that I think that the woman makes the dress.
With all of that in mind, enjoy some of my favorite pieces this spring!
yes, please. i think these hot pink pants with the white tank and gold detail is wonderful. - michael kors
06 Tuesday Dec 2011
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{The woman who fears the Lord} dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong.
- Proverbs 31:17
{The woman who fears the Lord}, her clothing is fine linen and purple.
- Proverbs 31:22
This is a well-dressed woman. She is dressed in dignity of character, in her delight in the Lord, in her kind disposition to her husband, children, servants, neighbors, and those in the marketplace. She is dressed in quality, well made clothes. She takes care of her inner self; she attends to her outer self. In her quiet spirit there is a balance that gives her freedom to dress in and to enjoy pretty clothing without her clothing defining her. She is not firstly known as the well-dressed woman; she is called the woman who fears the Lord.
I desire to be this woman. I want to be known as the woman who fears the Lord because it is true of me, that it is my real character. I also do appreciate beautiful clothing and like to dress nicely. To carry myself well and dress nicely is one way I can show that I understand that I am made in the image of God, that I have been saved from myself unto Him, that He loves me, that I am His child and He cares for me more than the lillies of the field, which are dressed quite nicely. (Matt. 6) To dress well is a shadowy picture of the great order and beauty of the Lord, the quality of heaven, the reality that one day I will wear garments of beautiful linen, of grace and praise.
20 Tuesday Oct 2009
From the NEWRaleigh blog, I just read on twitter that an H&M is coming to Crabtree Valley Mall! SO EXCITING!
I do not know if you know of this store, seen one of their ads, or even know why you are to be so excited – so I will tell you!!
This store retails designer looks at a recession consumer happy price. (They have been around since before the recession – a bit ahead of the curve, don’t you think!?).
From the H&M About section on their website, their business concept -
“Our business concept is to give the customer unbeatable value by offering fashion and quality at the best price. To be sure we can offer the latest fashions we have a design and buying department that creates our clothing collections.” How fashionable!
I am sure their clothes will look good on you and their price will look good on your wallet!
20 Tuesday Oct 2009
After watching this documentary, I (for the lowest price I can find online) subscribed to Vogue magazine – for all of the obvious reasons.
The September Issue (2009) is a film documentary of the making of the 2007 September issue of Vogue USA. September is the January of the fashion industry. Vogue is the leading fashion magazine of the world and Anna Wintour, its editor, is the most powerful person in fashion today. In the new year issue, Wintour debuts fashion designers’ new clothing lines. What she decides gets photographed and published determines whose runway fashions will be flaunted on the real life downtown streets.
I have wanted to see this movie since I first saw the magazine ad in Real Simple (remember, I read each and every issue from front to back cover). I have waited and waited. I have wanted and wanted. And my waiting and wanting was finally fulfilled this past weekend. My precious dear heart husband (precious and dear heart for many more and greater reasons than the fact that he went with me to this documentary but also proved in the fact that he went with me) and I enjoyed this much anticipated film at Raleigh’s locally owned Six Forks Theater – not glamorous, but welcoming and tidy.
he really was there!! - my little iphone pic
It is amazing to watch and to learn how all of the designers and the editors work together to shape each issue of Vogue. Wintour is a calculating, determined, subtle woman who has a focused eye for what is now, new, and next in fashion. Her counterpart, Grace Coddington, the Creative Director for the magazine, is whimsical, professional, artistic, and stunningly both aloof and approachable. (Without knowing it was hers, her work was my favorite in the September 2009 issue – a play on the story of Little Red Riding Hood featuring story book like pictures with the new red and indulgent ladylike capes.) Anna and Grace work together with a team of other talented professionals to bring to the magazine’s readers the best the fashion industry has to offer.
The movie was directed and produced by R. J. Cutler and his documentary won the Grand Jury Prize for Excellence in Cinematography at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. The film was nationally released September 11, 2009 and I am sure it will be available on Netflix soon! Scenes include designers such as Vera Wang, Oscar de la Renta, and Jean-Paul Gaultier.
For every person that wears clothes, this documentary is for you. It is an eye opening exploration of how what we wear from the racks first came from the runway and the women and men who rule it all.
