Christa-Taylor Sale & Giveaway

Christa Taylor is closing her store on October 30th! Although I am sad for her, I am also happy for the excitement around her liquidation sale and especially for her venture into photography which I am currently helping out with (more details on that later). It was not too long ago when I first met [...]

Sakura Rose Giveaway!

It’s time to celebrate fall fashion and back-to-school days with a Sakura Rose giveaway! Follow these steps for a chance to win prizes: Fan Sakura Rose on Facebook, if you haven’t yet. (This is where the giveaway will take place!) Go to the Fall Fashion Giveaway album and find your favorite photo styled with Sakura [...]

How to Effectively Thrift Shop for Modest Clothes

Last weekend, before leaving for tax-free Delaware, my mother-in-law told my husband, Rob, that he should take me shopping while we were there. When we got back, she had a confused look on her face when he told her we had gone to Goodwill. It’s the truth. I fancy shopping at thrift stores. I think [...]

Sakura Rose @ DC Fest ’10

Last Saturday at the DC Fest, I helped out at a booth with Jessica Rogers, founder of Sakura Rose, a modest clothing store based in New Jersey. They like to go around Christian and womens’ festivals all over the US to help spread the word about their store and the values behind their clothing. I [...]

Modesty DOES Matter

Below is my response to Ed Gungor’s article, “Does Modesty Really Matter?” on Relevant Magazine: Ed, I very much agree that we should all examine our own hearts before taking out the plank in someone else’s eye. I am glad that you were honest about what you felt about colored tights and the way they [...]

The Invisibility Cloak: The Desire to Be Noticed

One of my readers confessed that she was more apt to feel invisible when there were women around her showing a lot of skin. Flaunting your body is such a cheap way of attracting attention in which it takes little to no effort to be successful. Our liking to sensuality, men and women alike, is [...]

Are you a Cosmo Girl or a Kosmios Girl?

Every woman or girl has probably picked up a copy of Cosmopolitan (or Cosmo Girl for teens) at least once in her life. Although the magazine has great fashion editors, it’s hard to endure flipping through the pages or even looking at the covers of this and many other publications like it because of their [...]