Documenting a Wardrobe: Part Five: The Others

Finally we have come to the end of this series.  This is a catch-all post, for the three skirts that do not fit in any of the other four categories.  Each one is unique.

I call this skirt the "modesty trainer."  This is because it is so tight it forces small, ladylike steps and controls how one sits.  I bought it to go with undergrad university t-shirts, which are red.

This is another one from myculottes.com.  It is exactly the same as the long denim, the long brown, the multicolored floral, and the long pink; except that it is kid-sized, not adult-sized.  It therefore hangs roughly to my mid calf, and is snug.  I mended part of one of its side seams myself, by hand.

And this one is the "not quite denim!" I call it that because it looks denim, but is actually soft cotton.  I added the purple patch myself to cover a hole I made when I fell rollerblading.

Documenting a Wardrobe: Part Four: The Skorts

Skorts are my absolute, favorite thing to wear, and I am so glad the weather is warm enough for them again! Mine come from a very Christian clothing site, myculottes.com.  They are incredibly modest, with the undershorts hanging almost to the hem of the over skirt;a nd super comfortable and practical, with elastic waistbands.  I have two right now, one gray and one teal, and just today ordered a third in a pink print.

This is the gray one, which I got first.  I have flipped up the hem of the skirt so you can see the undershorts.  They are black, and not gray, because the maker did not possess any undershorts fabric in gray.

And this is the teal one.  Again, hem flipped up so undershorts show.  Here the undershorts are the same color as the over skirt.

Documenting a Wardrobe: Part Three: The Short Stretchies

This post will show you two skirts that, for lack of a better term, I have named the "short stretchies."  They are exactly the same, except that one is pink and one is blue.  I bought them both at Covered Girl Clothing, for 25 dollars each.

This is the short coral pink, sometimes just termed the short pink (as opposed to the long pink; see part two of this series).  I got it on my first trip ever to Covered Girl, when I wanted "something pink and something denim."  (I also got my short denim--see part one of this series--on that trip.)  It is lightweight and breezy and perfect for Spring.

And this is the short royal blue.  This one has quite the story.  As soon as I walked out of the store with the short pink and the short denim, I wanted this one.  For a variety of reasons I can't remember, I did not go back and get it that day.  When I was going back to the store a few months later for Winter skirts, I promised myself that if I came in enough under budget and they still had these, I would finally get this one.  I came in enough under budget by one dollar.  I saw a rack of these skirts, but I did not see this blue.  I did see a brown I liked, so I grabbed that.  When I brought my pile to be rung up, the lady noticed my brown one and said, "Medium? We have this in lots of colors..." and so I got my blue skirt at last.  Isn't it pretty?

Documenting a Wardrobe: Part Two: The Long Miscellaneous

So even though I meant to do one of these a day, I had the extra time right now, and they are so much fun, I decided to do a second one.  In this post, I will be showing you my three "long miscellaneous" skirts.  In other words, they are long and not denim.  All three come from myculottes.com and are 33 inches long, hanging almost to my ankle.

This is my long brown skirt, in fact my only brown skirt.  I love brown--sometimes I think it's my second favorite color, sometimes my third, but it's definitely up there--but I really don't look good in it because of my skin tone.  However, skirts do not go next to faces, so in skirts I can get away with it.  I got this skirt in my first round of skirts, right when I started wearing them full time.

And this is my multicolored floral skirt, also bought in that first round! This one is a lot of fun to wear because it is my most colorful clothing item.  It does take a bit of creativity to  find shirts that do not clash with the many colors in the print.  I consider this skirt to be a set with my gay pride kippah, because they are both rainbow.  I do wear the kippah with other skirts, but I never wear this skirt with other kippot.

Finally, this is my long pink print, sometimes just referred to as the long pink (as opposed to the short pink).  I got this one in Fall 2014, a few months after I started wearing skirts full time.  It's a little hard to see the print in this photo, but it is tiny vines and leaves in slightly lighter and slightly darker pink.  I am going through a pink phase right now, and this is one of my favorite skirts to wear.

Documenting a Wardrobe: Part One: The Denims

Many times on this blog, I have shared my entire kippah collection.  Now I have decided to share something else: my skirts/skorts.  I honestly don't know how many of you will be interested, but this is my blog.  I can do this if I want.

Each post--there will be five--will have two to three pictures.  This one has three.  Most of my skirts/skorts have stories, which I will be sure to tell.  In this post, I am showing off my denims: the short, the medium, and the long.

In this picture, you see my short denim, which hangs to just below my knees.  It is one of my three shortest skirts that I own, the other being my "short stretchies" as I call them.  Anyway, I got this skirt on my first trip to Covered Girl Clothing, an Orthodox Jewish clothing store about a half hour walk from my university.  I walked into the store that day having no idea what I would find, but with a budget of 100 dollars for "something pink and something denim."  I walked out that day with this as my denim; it cost me 40 dollars.  It zips up the back, and has pockets made of sky blue floral material.

This is my medium denim, also from Covered Girl Clothing.  I got this on my third and final trip there, as a sort of graduation present to myself.  I had gone back partially to get one last skirt, and partially to say good-bye to the lady who runs the store, with whom I had had some deep conversations as I shopped.  She wasn't there that day (her husband was there instead), but I walked out with this nice skirt.  This one also cost me about 40 dollars.  It was my third choice out of the three I tried on, but it was the one that fit best.  This one is about four to five inches longer than the short one.

And this is my long denim! This one came from myculottes.com, a very Christian website committed to  making modest clothing for women.  I actually have six things from them, soon to be seven.  (Today actually, I am ordering a pink print skort as my "just because" spring/summer item from them.  I am super excited.)  I actually got my first long denim when I was first getting into skirts only, two summers ago.  This one is a replacement, as that one got lost in one of my many moves.  This one is very long; I like to get my myculottes.com skirts and skorts as long as I can without adding extra cost.  That means I get my skorts 27 inches long, and skirts 33 inches long.  So this one hangs almost to my ankles.  I love these skirts (and skorts even more so) because I have full range of motion and position--such as sitting cross legged--and can still be modest.

Valentine's Day Gifts from Boyfriend

This past Valentine's Day, I had the super exciting experience of opening a gift that was not from my parents for the very first time.  Shepard totally spoils me; he got me what are quite possibly the two most sensitive and loving gifts I have ever received.

First of all, he got me KIPPAH CLIPS! Aren't they beautiful? I have been wearing them as often as I can; the purple pair (far right in this picture) is on my head right now.

Secondly, he got me GLOVES! These are, beyond a shadow of a doubt, the most grown-up, ladylike gloves I have ever owned.  They are made of fleece, with a super-soft faux fur lining.  I love the fancy little buttons, which I haven't dared unbutton yet.

THANK YOU, SHEPARD!

Another Picture: Boyfriend and Me

Shepard and I meant to take lots of pictures when we went out yesterday, and still more when we came back...yeah, somehow that didn't happen.  We did manage to snap one, which I am posting below; enjoy it.  The pose was my idea.