Awesome Pattern Alert

Hey check out this new pattern available for free on Burda.com. I think it's absolutely beautiful and the best thing about it is you can totally make it your own by choosing your own fabric, shortening, lengthening etc.



Check out this beautiful dress!

Easy Fix

Ok, so I bought a really cute dress, um, last year, but haven't been able to wear it in a while as my husband pointed out that it is too short in the back and shows my garments. Whoops. So, taking some inspiration from vintage hem, I made my own lengthening underslip. Here's what I did.
First, I gathered my materials:
One, an old, knee-length slip I probably stole from my mom somewhere between 5 and 7 years ago. :) Love you Mom!
And two, about two yards of thick lace I bought for 67 cents a yard.

Next, I busted out the handy sewing machine and just sewed the lace to the slip, basically just using a straight stitch to tack the lace right onto the slip. And ta-da! Now I have a modestifying slip for whatever occasion :)


So now I'm happy cuz I get to wear my cute dress again, and maybe take a second look at some dresses that were not-quite-long enough. :)

On the Red Carpet

I love looking at red carpet pictures. Generally I try to avoid obsessing over celebrity lives (they're just people after all), but I'm still pretty interested in what they choose to wear for the very public events that require them to walk down the red carpet. So, I was very happy to find that among all the extremely revealing dresses celebs tend to wear to these events, there were some modest gems.

Featured Site: Beautifully Modest

This is both a site (www.beautifullymodest.com) and a brick-and-mortar store (Allyse's Bridal) (which happily happens to be in my area) that really just puts a twinkle in my eye. I always loved their all-modest selection and their customer service, but now that I know a little more about their company and how they came about, I love them even more. Apparently their story started with a dad going prom dress shopping with his daughter and experiencing the frustration and disappointment of not being able to find a modest dress anywhere, even in Utah, the mecca of mormondom. You can read all about their story at Meridian Modesty. Their pictures are copyrighted, so I couldn't add them straight to the blog, but click on the links to see some of my favorite items from the store.

My wedding dress

Cute semi-formal

Gorgeous brown sheer

Simple day-dress

I'm in love with this one

What I would wear to prom if I could go back in time

For Instant Modesty: Part II

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Check out the ModesTee, wearable under any current fashion, here.

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Visit vintagehem.com to check out these awesome modestifiers, and make your own modest fashions!

Strapless to Fabulous

This web page teaches how to turn a strapless gown into a fabulous, modest one with just a few alterations.