Fashion Icon 80's-90's Princess Diana

This Princess of Wales was and is a woman we all know and love and can thank for some setting some of our famous 80's-90's trends.

Princess Diana had her own look that wasn't exactly excepted as the societal norm. In fact, her own family hired Vogue consultants to help her dress better. But Princess Diana being the independent woman we know her as only took the advice she liked and made it her own thing.

That's why I'm going to show a style Diana sported back in the 80's and give you some ideas to take what you like and make it your own thing, like Princess Diana did!

Fashion Icon 60's-70's Twiggy Lawson

Lesley Hornby was a naturally skinny child. In fact, she was so skinny, her peers took to calling her “Twiggy”, because she was thin as a twig. “At sixteen, I was funny, skinny little thing, all eyelashes and legs.” Lesley says. “…Suddenly people told me [I] was gorgeous. I thought they had gone mad.”

When she became a super model, she defied the odds of being “too skinny” to be a model, and went on the have a very successful career. She went by “Twiggy Lawson” (her married surname) in honor of this.

Not only was she an innovator of her own style, which changed fashion as we know it, she also changed the modeling industry, much to her dismay. “I think this obsession with skinniness [is] weird now…I find it worrying, I have to say.” She explains. “The media, I think, should be a bit more responsible. The fashion industry and the magazines push this image, and unfortunately teenage girls are very susceptible to it.”

Twiggy wasn’t trying to change anything, she was just being herself. But by being herself and exuding confidence in what she did, she influenced fashion and beauty. Here are some outfits I created that are inspired by Twiggy’s style and the 60s and 70s:

   

      

     

Fashion Icon 50's-60's Audrey Hepburn

Isn’t she beautiful? We may think so now, but by the fifties standards, Audrey Hepburn was too tall and too skinny, and was considered to have a “boyish figure”. As a former ballerina, her poise and confidence made whatever she wore look classy and elegant.

Audrey was not only a popular actress, but she was the innovator of her own style. She wore what she liked, which is a style now known as the Audrey Hepburn Look. She didn’t mean to make a fashion statement, she was just being herself. “I never think of myself as an icon.” Audrey says. “What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.”

The Audrey Hepburn look is feminine and beautiful, yet very simple. She said about her own style: “My look is attainable. Women can look like Audrey Hepburn by flipping out their hair, buying the large sunglasses, and the little sleeveless dresses.” Audrey mostly wore black and white and rarely wore colors. She always wore flats and never wore plunging necklines. Here are some outfits I created that are inspired by Audrey Hepburn and the 50s and 60s:

Fashion Icons Week

This week, we’ll be looking at two of the greatest fashion icons of history. They not only changed fashion as we know it, but they didn’t exactly fit the mold of “beautiful” of their times. Please keep in mind through the week that these people are human; they are not perfect and we should not use them as role models. What we will be doing is taking a look at their style and how they changed fashion in history. We’ll also be looking at how they overcame not fitting into the “beauty” mold to becoming some of the most beautiful, stylish, and confident women in the innovation of fashion.

So come back Wednesday and Friday to find out who these beautiful ladies are!

Adeiu mon beau!

Well, my beautiful ladies, I am resigning my position as writer at MSL. I've been feeling that it's time for me to step down. Sarah, Madeline, and Haylie have you guys covered, I am not worried a bit. It's been great writing for you guys and I hope you will all remember this:

God loves each and every one of you individually so very much. He made you BEAUTIFUL with or without makeup. With or without designer clothes and shoes. With or without a certain hairstyle/color/whatever. He made you beautiful exactly as you are. As much fun as it is to play with outfit combinations, make up, and accessories, don't get hung up on the surface beauty. Inner beauty is the most important factor of any outfit. Love who you are because YOU (yes you!) are beautiful, unique and special to God.

Much love to you all!

Eden

P.S.
Come by my personal blog sometime! It's quite different from this one, more like a journal or a collage of writings.
http://neo-confessional.blogspot.com/

Having the Heart to Love Yourself

I didn't really know what to write about this week for my blog post but this morning when I woke up I remembered this devotional I had read from Soul Matters for Teens about self-esteem, we talk a lot about beauty and ways to do our hair and make-up and still look modest but we've never talked about the biggest factor in being beautiful. Which is being able to love yourself. To be able to feel beautiful we have to accept ourselves the way we are and how God created us. Otherwise we are going to be doing our hair and make-up to try and better ourselves instead of doing it to please God.

Every time I look in the mirror and think I'm so ugly don't you think that's a kick in the Heavenly Father's face? He created me that way for a reason, so every time I say I'm ugly it's like telling an artist his painting is horrible! And we would never do that. We would look at it abstractly and appreciate the artists' way he captured a picture and just so we need to appreciate the abstract art of God.

Maybe we're fine with the way we look but are having trouble loving ourselves because we think we've messed up too much to be loved or have too many things in our lives to make us lovable. Well let me tell you, you're wrong. "God loves and cares for us, even to the least event and smallest need of life." -Henry Edward Manning.

I'm sure most of us are familiar with the story of The Woman at the Well (John 4:4-26). This woman had so so so much junk in her life and so many offenses against her but our merciful, loving God was right there to say "hey, I love you. I don't care about the junk or the offenses. You're my child and I love you."

If God can love a woman even though her peers didn't and even though she took part in various affairs don't you think God can love a woman like you too? And if God loves you then and you receive his love then you can love yourself. "Your ability to express love to others is linked to your ability to love yourself." Don't be afraid to love you for who you are or to love your body. I'm not saying be boastful but be confident in who you are in Christ for he sees your heart and he declares you beautiful.