The practical points of dressing with dignity

I admit that sometimes I make mistakes with my own clothing choices, being a girl who likes to look pretty in a culture that insists prettiness lies in showing off long legs or toned arms or whatever. But from these mistakes I've learned a few things: one is that "pretty" is a word more commonly used to describe the face, second, that if you want to be pretty, you can use make up and smile, and finally, that there's nothing pretty about constantly worrying if your skirt is riding up.

I'm not going to delve into figures of proper skirt length or sleeve length--there's nothing quite so annoying as constantly measuring lengths while shopping for clothes!--but there really are some practical reasons why you want to dress with dignity. Here are a few practical reasons, with matching tips! (All images from fashion.teenvogue.com)

"The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency."-Theodore Roosevelt

From "The beauty in waiting"

Great post by Kate Harvey on Tiger Print. :-)

An excerpt:

"This choice that I made for myself when I was just a girl has certainly tested me, challenged me, and made me think over and over again about what my values are and why I believe what I do. But if I could do it over again, I would. Contrary to popular belief on the matter, my choice to wait for my husband has always made me feel more feminine and lovely, not less so; it has given me an inner peace and an esteem for my own worthiness as a woman; it has taught me the real beauty in self-control, as opposed to the fleeting beauty in passion; it has landed me in the loving arms of a man who makes me very, very happy; and it has enabled me to give him a gift I've given no one else."

Read more here.

"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person."-Mignon McLaughlin