"Make sacred garments for your brother Aaron, to give him dignity and honor. Tell all the skilled men to whom I have given wisdom in such matters that they are to make garments for Aaron, for his consecration, so he may serve me as priest. These are the garments they are to make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban and a sash. They are to make these sacred garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so they may serve me as priests. Have them use gold, and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and fine linen."
--Exodus 28:2-5
"Never wear clothes at the expense of your dignity or your hips."
--Anna Johnson
T-shirt, fredflare.comAs I've walked through the clothing stores recently, I've been frustrated at the choices. Not only do the clothes cost a small fortune, but they go to the extremes of boring or trashy. I like to think of fashion as art, so colors and textures are important to me. The boring clothes lack those qualities, and while there's nothing wrong with looking plain, I think we can enjoy beauty without being vain. On the other hand, the trashy clothes often have bright colors and cool textures, but the their goal is to call attention to "certain" parts of the body--by nearly exposing them.
So, it's exciting for me to find a style or trend that looks artistic and pretty, and stills allows me to be covered up, not drawing the wrong sort of attention. Here I give you my first installation of my finds--looks you can rock and still maintain your dignity: an ode to tights!
Tights can add color to your outfit and keep your legs a little more covered up. These remind me of grape soda. Shoes, $16, Payless; tights, $5, Marshalls
These are actually silver, even though they look white. Shoes, $20, JCPenney; tights, $4, Marshalls
Fishnets are usually not what comes to mind when you think of modesty, but if you put them over regular tights of the same color, it makes a neat grid pattern! Shoes, Nine West; black tights, borrowed; fishnets, Target, $4.
Another example of tone-on-tone.
Shoes, $7, Old Navy; fishnets, JCPenney, $3.
I love the colors of these tights. This is a Coach ad, which means each item costs approximately $700...just kidding. Kind of.
yay katie blog!
ReplyDeletekeep it up lady :D
i have one too:
http://hopingforrocketships.blogspot.com/
I'm so glad you're doing this, Katie! It's really great and inspirational. Thanks for sharing. Take me shopping with you sometime, okay?! Or better yet, come play "What Not to Wear" with me.
ReplyDeleteyay! i'm a huge fan of tights AND blogging! thanks for letting me in on this!
ReplyDeletehere's mine: http://livingineverland.blogspot.com
it's just about... everything. :)
Thanks, guys! I appreciate the support :)
ReplyDeleteAnd, Lindsay, I'd have a lot of fun doing a WNTW "session" !
Katie! Leigh Ana here :)
ReplyDeleteI really love your pairing of tights and shoes. Your love of wearing bright tights might be rubbing off on me a bit :) I have like 4 or 5 pairs of black and gray leggings that I wear with flats -- those are the only colors I feel like I can pair with an outfit without feeling like a clown. Your cute pictures are making me want to branch out though :) I really love your silver tights btw... did you say they were from marshalls?
Hey LA :)
ReplyDeleteI noticed your black leggings on Sunday! Yes, my silver and my purple tights were from Marshalls, and last time I went to Target they had their colored tights on clearance. You could always start small with some kind of black pattern...