There are a small handful of things that I get very passionate about when they come up in conversation. Two of them happen to be: faith and fashion. One might think that these two really have nothing to do with each other. I do agree that our feelings about fashion do not affect our salvation or our view of God. However, our view of God(and ourselves) do shape our feelings toward everything, including fashion. Yay fashion!
I believe that God is an artistic God and we are made in his image. For some, they express this characteristic through your typical artsy endeavors e.g. music, painting, photography. All of these expressions are beautiful and talents I often envy. However, I was born with the God-given desire to express creativity through clothing. I say this is God-given because I was definitely not taught to have this particular passion. Just ask my mommy. I came out with a very clear view of what I wanted to wear and what was absolutely not going to be put onto my body (I don't care if you are 1,000 times bigger and stronger than me). So, thankfully my mom learned to appreciate my desire to wear plastic heels and tiaras and hopped on board to cultivate my passion into something that reflected the girl she was raising me to be. There are many muses and fashion rules (most are from my mother or Coco Chanel) that my wardrobe has been shaped by. In this blogging adventure I will share these with you along with shopping adventures and all things outfits. If I were to pick one rule that forms my fashion foundation it would be the following:
Epictetus was a Greek philosopher. See fashion can be deep too!! You might be wondering, "How again do clothes have anything to do with faith other than being 'artsy'?" Well, this quote says it all. As Christian ladies we must know first, who we are in Christ. Who did He create us to be? Where has He placed us? What has He called us to do? Figuring out the answers to these questions must come first, and then we simply.... dress accordingly.
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