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A couple of Q's about Vintage Dresses?
I really want a 50's swing dress for my end of school prom.
I'm really inspired by dresses like these:
http://cache.wists.com/thumbnails/a/8c/a8cd012e35753e9e5d7f20ff4aec57fb-orig
http://www.bluevelvetvintage.com/skin1/images/front-dress.gif
http://blog.asos.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/08/28/dita_von_teese.jpg
I would like to ask a few questions!
-Will they suit someone with a small frame- average chest (bra size 30D) , small waist (25 in), average hips(29 in)- just to help you get the picture, I'm a UK size 8.
-Are there any shops in Nottingham I can buy, or will I have to go London?
-Shall I risk buying one online, hoping it will suit me?
thanks
x
The good thing about fifties styles is that they tend to flatter most figures. Curvy figures look amazing, skinny figures look curvy, you can't go wrong with a vintage dress.
I can't answer the second question as I'm in the US and have no idea.
Feel free to buy online as long as you know your exact measurements and the exact measurement of the dress. I have found that most sites are happy to email you the measurements if you send them an email requesting them. Just be sure to check out the return policy. I have found most places will let you return/exchange for a different size with little to no hassle.
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If there is one thing that epitomises Kevin Sheedy it is courage in the face of staunch, stubborn resistance. Not that this wily sixty-year-old is much tempted to submit to ill-feeling justice; he's had far Too Much practice at bucking the system for real truth and often the underdog. But something is needed to temper the courage we ought to show, the courage that is altogether seemingly absent in the secular world today. Something must cool the intense heat of boldness and the all-guns-blazing approach. The answer I find is purity.
The biblical writer James is quick to point out the importance of purity; "the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure." (James 3:17 NIV) In other words, proper wisdom, the sort that works and is based in the reality of truth, is absolutely set apart and holy. It has no biases and could easily be interchanged for 'love.' This sort of trait manifest in us brings about neutrality and distinguished deportment; 'a noble reserve of bearing that cannot be mistaken.' (A.W. Tozer)
This reminds me of an underlying and driving presence of epieikes, a Greek word used in the New Testament for courageous submission based in faith in God. The word translated "gentleness" (epieikes) "signifies a humble, patient steadfastness (sic), which is able to submit to injustice, disgrace, and maltreatment without hatred and malice, trusting God in spite of all of it."[1] It is "a certain kind of willed, self-effacing [or modest] kindness."[2]
What could we achieve with this combined frame of bearing--purity and courage? We'd love, as Eugene Peterson says in his Message paraphrase, "as if (our lives) depended on it--because (they do)." (1 Corinthians 14:1) We'd make sure we said that thing to someone--that thing that needs to be said; but it would be tempered in the purest sense of care and grace, and wouldn't offend them. We'd also protect ourselves from thinking too minimalistically i.e. about ourselves rather than the broader landscape of life. (Acknowledging it takes courage to reject our own wants, desires, and needs for the greater good.)
Copyright © 2008, S. J. Wickham. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.
ENDNOTES:
[1] Fritz Rienecker (orig.) & Cleon Rogers (trans.), Linguistic Key to the Greek New Testament (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1976), p. 560.
[2] Don A. Carson, Basics for Believers, (Leicester, England: InterVarsity Press, 1995, 2004), p. 109.