Scarf Style #7: Bowtie

This one doesn’t need much explaining. You put it around your neck and tie a bow. :) You can make little loops and long ends or reverse it, or pull it around to the side. As you might have noticed, it isn’t that recognizable with a fuzzy scarf—really I think it would be prettiest with [...]

Phyllis Jean

The retailers behind Phyllis Jean know that many of you would like to buy things that you see shopping, but that it seems that everything you find needs some modification: Whether you are a mom, teen, toddler, or grandmother your choices of modest clothes seem to be slim to none. Everything we have found was, [...]

What Have the Marketers Done?

When you were a kid, how did you know that you didn’t have the latest toy?  Odds are you saw an ad on television. The dirty little secret of marketing is that, in order to make a sale, the marketer must first make what you have seem old, worn out and out of date. You [...]

Carnival of Modesty at Weekend Kindness

Have a post about modesty you’re just dying to share?  Read a great blog post somewhere else on modesty? Now’s your chance to share what you’ve found on the topic with all the readers here at Is This Modest! Weekend Kindness will be hosting April’s Modesty Carnival, and you have until next Friday to get [...]

Scarf Style #6: Cowhitch

Lovely name, eh? But that’s what this style is. Fold your scarf in half before putting it around your neck this time, and then pull the open ends (in front) through the loop of the closed end—which is really the middle of the scarf. Voila: a cowhitch knot. Around your neck. This style is superb [...]

Great Dresses that Make Dressing Simple

Shabby Apple started much the same way that many modest retailers started.  The owners, Emily and CK, were frustrated with the fact that there was a lack of stylish dresses that also provided coverage to keep a lady comfortable. After doing a bit of research they found that department stores weren’t stocking such things because [...]

5 Things to Look For In A Formal

Formal Night by Barbie Lennon Formal wear is different from regular wear.  The material that is used is different.  The cut of the gowns are different.  Much formal wear has a larger skirt than normal, everyday where. Formal wear is special.  There are few times in a woman’s life where she’ll get that dressed up [...]

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