FASHION THEN AND NOW

                        

 

HOW TO MAKE A VINTAGE FELT HAT

 

Inspirational Quotes

Albert Schweitzer

“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.”

Saint Francis de Sales

“Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.”

Dalai Lama

“Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.”

Lao Tzu

“If you are depressed you are living in the past if you are anxious you are living in the future, if you are at peace, you are living in the present.”

Karen Salmansohn

"Let go of the thoughts that don’t make you strong."

 Amy Poehler

“If you can dance and be free and not be embarrassed, you can rule the world.”

RECYCLE. We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them.

Recycling is what we do when we're out of options to avoid, repair, or reuse the product first. Firstly: Reduce. Don't buy what we don't need. Repair: Fix stuff that still has life in it. Reuse: Share. Then, only when you've exhausted those options, recycle.     

Annie Leonar   

Consuming less means throwing away less, while reusing things actually helps to save the planet as well as the pennies.     

Sheherazade Goldsmith

Reducing and reusing take nothing more than a rethink on the way we shop, and using our imagination with the things that we might once have considered junk.  

 

EMBROIDER CATS

 

VINTAGE TO MODERN CLASSIC WEAR

WHAT IS BEAUTY?

You do not have to be tall to be beautiful.
You do not have to be thin or long-limbed.
You do not have to have long, straight, shiny hair.
You do not have to be an hourglass or a string bean or a pear.
You do not have to be blemish-free, without freckles, scars, or tattoos.
You do not have to fit or demolish certain physical paradigms

You do not have to be buxom to be beautiful.
You do not have to possess va-va-voom curves or full lips.
You do not have to resemble a movie star, or a lingerie model, or a porn star.
You do not have to sexualize your exterior to be beautiful.
You do not have to neuter your exterior to be beautiful.

You do not have to wear makeup to be beautiful.
You do not have to wear skirts and heels.
You do not have to cover your grays or disguise your cellulite.
You do not have to shun or accept practices of dressing or personal presentation.

Those who quantify beauty as genetic makeup, symmetry, mathematical ratios are, to me, as wrong as those who accept beauty as a set of societally-imposed ideals and standards. To rank beauty, classify it, assign it biological markers and geometric requirements is to say to some people, “No, you cannot have this. It is not for you.” And although many will disagree with me, I believe that beauty is a feeling, a freedom, a pulse from within that says, “I am worthy, lovely, strong.” And I believe every single human being has a right to feel it.

Beauty is not definite, it is relative.
Beauty is not exclusive, it is infinite.
Beauty is not for others, it is for you.

And to be beautiful, all you have to be is you, you, you. 

Sally McGraw