I'm loving effortlessly modest clothes right now.
It took me a LONG time to get to this point. And when I say "a long time", I mean, like my entire life. For as long as I can remember, I wanted to push the boundaries. What could I get away with that wasn't "breaking the rules" but wasn't, in my opinion at the time, drab and boring (because it was modest)?The last couple years I've kind of stopped buying clothes. I wasn't sure what my style was anymore. I was (am) a mom, but I didn't want to dress like "a mom", but at the same time, I didn't want to dress like I thought I was still in high school, either. I basically just avoided buying clothes. And I hated it.
I hated feeling like I wasn't "me". I've always loved buying clothes and saw clothes as an extension of my personality. So, over the last couple months, I've taken on a new perspective:
only buy what I love.
Shocking, right? How sad that it's taken me this long to figure it out. While I still have tons of stuff in my closet I don't like, I'm gradually weeding it out and replacing it with stuff I love.
I want to see clothes that are stylish and modest. I want my daughter (and son) to grow up thinking that you can dress modestly and still be cute. You can have it be effortlessly modest, so you aren't pulling at your clothes all the time.
I'm sick of trying to bend the rules. I'm comfortable with who I am and I'm proud of who I've become. I am excited to get back this part of me. I am so looking forward to teaching my children how to express themselves through their clothes, while still keeping the values that we believe in.
I'm taking this part of my life back. :)
What's your style? Do you think of clothes as a reflection of your personality or do you just wear clothes because you'd get arrested for walking around naked? Do you buy only what you love? Were you a "rebellious" (meant in the LOOSEST sense of the word possible) youth like me, or a straight shooter? Spill it here.
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