FASHION
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Italian Countryside Inspired Fashion : Floral Skirt Outfit
What I love about cultivating a life at home in the countryside is the room for inspiration. I am not boxed in by buildings or other houses and culture that dictate to me what defines the beauty and ambiance around me. My atmosphere is set by the sweeping oak trees, the soft bending blades of grass, the butterflies that are fluttering over the pasture. This is the setting of beauty. All I do is let myself dream and the inspiration comes through my preening of the world around me. I find a common thread….pun intended, to the styles I am drawn to and the undeterred femininity of the fashions of…
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Homemaker Work Outfit : Wardrobe Wisdom for TOPS, JEANS, & FOOTWEAR
Dress for your job! Ladies, were you ever taught that when you are homemaking, you are in fact “at work”? Work does not belong to some other location or some other person dictating it to you. It is not qualified by a paycheck. Your home is a workplace like any other workplace because it is a place that requires work. If you are working in your home you are “at work”. So let’s dress for our job! Sleeve styles for homemaking When homemaking, we are bending down, stretching high and everything in between. I have come to appreciate certain features of tops that make this comfortable and dignified without showing…
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Styling Leggings with Class : Country Wardrobe Staples
Leggings are a Country Wardrobe Staple Ladies, have you ever had your pant hem get coated in mud? Leggings. Needed to prevent tick bites? Leggings. Cold? Leggings. Legs not shaved? Leggings. Make your legs look slim….black leggings. City women can afford to flit from style to style because their wardrobes are based on looks alone. Country life means we just wear what works even if it’s not “in” anymore….it might be “in” for country life! We need our clothes to work for weather, for pests, for comfort of bending and gardening or milking a cow. Even if you do not do these things outdoors, homemaking work is the same kind…
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Dressing Feminine for the Christian Woman
Why talk about dressing femininely as a Christian woman? It comes from the truth that God created us uniquely woman from man. Our dress acknowledges and honors this design. Fashion can be a difficult and overwhelming topic for women so this is a topic I approach with the utmost gentleness. I never want a woman to walk away feeling discouraged on this topic. This should be a fun discovery, not an overwhelming burden! First, there is a scripture that is important to know so that we can exercise discernment about what is pleasing to God. “A woman shall not wear a man’s garment, nor shall a man put on a…
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The Lord Jesus Lives
Happy Resurrection weekend. There are no words to praise Jesus enough. There are no words. I was outside one day and looked up and saw the clouds in a cross and took this photo. We all need to look up more. “The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation” Psalm 18:46
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5 City Fashions to Declutter from Your Country Wardrobe
Welcome to whateverlovely.com my Country Living Home & Fashion Blog. My name is Barbie and I encourage women in homemaking and feminine style. Let’s talk decluttering city fashion from your country wardrobe! Just because you live rurally does not mean your style has to suffer but it definitely will change. Take it from a woman who wears a dress nearly daily and always dons jewelry but it’s what works for where I live. This article is meant to direct you to declutter items that may clash with your new country life and I will share stylish alternatives for country life. 1) Declutter: All Black. Women have been told for decades…
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How to Embrace Your Femininity
I saw an old photo of myself today and it was a stark contrast to these photos here. I was wearing head to toe black, a black t shirt, black jeans and black slides. Everything looked stuck to my body with no shape or flow. The lack of levity and cheeriness looked so dreary. For all intents and purposes I was wearing what a man could have been wearing. There was nothing happy or beautiful about it. Haha! This is it. It makes me laugh every time I see it. It looks so sad! But here I was going with typical fashion advice (except the slides with socks, that was…
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Farmhouse Feminine Fashion: FLORAL PRINTS
Welcome to whateverlovely.com my Country Living Home & Fashion Blog. My name is Barbie and I encourage women in homemaking and feminine style. Let’s talk floral prints for farmhouse feminine fashion! You can dress femininely for everyday hard work. Repeat that to yourself every time you think wearing your husband’s work shirt is more “practical”. Feminine clothing is practical if you own items that are comfortable, wash well, are warm enough or cool enough, that stay on your body and do not hinder your movements. Women have been exposed to the overly masculinizing of women’s wear to the point that feminine styles feel less usable, less realistic. But there are…
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5 Ways to Become an Elegant Woman
Elegance may be found in aesthetic alone but it is also the quality of grace in attitude, speech, even the way we move. Elegance spans all earning brackets. While there is elegance unique to the very wealthy that comes with affording the most luxury, there is also elegance with little money and the right taste to pick it out at the thrift shop! I own a wonderful collection of elegant clothes that I bought second hand including this outfit here. Elegance is not a price point as much as your taste. Also it does not cost anything to stand straight, walk smoothly, be courteous and kind which all embody elegance.…
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5 Keys to Feminine Fashion
Now that I have made all of the mistakes and I am safely in my late 30s and looking better for my wisdom gained…I can impart to you the keys to true feminine fashion for any woman. One of the greatest fashion obstacles for women of any age is confusing sexy for feminine. Modern women’s wear is an odd dichotomy of androgynous clothing and skimpy clothing. So to be more feminine women we sometimes tend to gravitate toward the skimpy clothing. Certain clothing characteristics make something distinctly feminine, not brash, not showy, just feminine. Nurturing your femininity means observing these kinds of features to steer your style to feminine. SLEEVES…
