Welcome back to our little series. If you are looking for the last four installment, you can get caught up here with Part 1 , Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Again, this is just for fun, and we will not be discussing the topic of modesty.
Can you be comfortable at home without looking frumpy?
Here are some ideas using some of our own pics but mostly others gathered from hither and yon. A ‘Thank-You’ to all who have made this series of posts possible by showing us how to dress like a lady!
What really makes me glad is something inexpensive, whether a $4.50 floral skirt (that I might cut and hem into kitchen towels over the winter) or simple colorful mix and match pieces. I hope to bring simple femininity and a cheery atmosphere to our home. Wise use of color can really lift and energize both you and those around you.
Our friend Shannon at Thoughts and Thimbles portrays feminine loveliness inside and out. Here are several of her series entitled “Week In Feminine Dress“. She has been very influential in my daughter’s thinking in past years. Thank you, dear friend.
Simple around-the-house and yard attire doesn’t have to be ugly or boring or drab. Aprons can be such fun at home! I love this fresh floral. Oh, the joy of going to the egg-box and finding that your ‘girls’ have been busy.
(Aspiring Homemaker)
Just on a whim, I want to introduce you to Aspiring Homemaker, one my favorite blogs. This dear family has such a beautiful, romantic way of simple living. Picture postcard beauty and old-fashioned simplicity make this a favorite stop for me.
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OK, back to the post… this is simple, understated, and comfortable ~maybe not for gardening, but works great for read-alouds, rocking a sleepyhead, and for making your home a castle filled with loveliness. Add a little cardigan if it’s chilly, and it also could double for church or a dinner out with your husband.
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When you are at home you can be as whimsical as you wish. Add a touch of the Highlands for practicing Irish whistle and making music with your family…
Eclectic dressing can be lots of fun! This is definitely feminine and cute. Perfect for a morning at home and errands in the afternoon.
I love a fresh look! It works for the summer garden, a picnic, or playing Legos on the floor with the children. Making your own pretty things, like this hand-sewn blouse, makes sense. Cost: $8.00 for fabric. Gained: began learning to sew without pattern with this blouse, then sold on Etsy for $14.00.
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A colorful work apron won’t easily show stains, even when picking raspberries. Love the little children in the print 
Step into your wellies and take a stroll down the lane during an afternoon shower. It is that time of year! Matter of fact, it is raining as I type
(thedaybookblog.com)
The Long Ladies run Marie-Madeline Studio. They tell us, “You can spin, you can swing, you can jump, you can dance, you can smile, (and we’re positive you can cook), in this little apron!”
These young ladies made the apron we are giving away tomorrow!! Stay tuned!!!
Aprons are almost a symbol for the domestic homemaker. Wear a pretty one!
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Great for an odds and end sort of day at home doing laundry, gardening, running out of doors with the children! I especially love pockets! Would you call them painter’s bibs?
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This is for those of you who “love being a girl. A wife. A mother. A homemaker. I’m proud of my job and this skirt is my salute to my chosen profession.” See Sabra’s cute tutorial:
“There is no spectacle on earth more appealing
than that of a beautiful woman in the act of
cooking dinner for someone she loves.”
~Thomas Wolfe
Being truly feminine is always in style and will never go out of style.
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No matter what stage of life you are in~ whether a girl, a young woman, or really old (like me 
~ relish with delight the gifts that the Lord bestowed upon you when he made you. It is wonderful being gentler and fairer.
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”Women, our clothing and our appearance is one of the most powerful, important means we have as women of communicating, sending a message about our hearts, our values, and what we believe.” ~Nancy Leigh DeMoss
~ Jacqueline
Another lovely post! I love everything, you can be my personal shopper
JES,
! We could take our daughters and finish with a little meal and hot tea!
I’d much rather go shopping together
I really like that you include different age groups. Great post!
I really, really enjoyed this post. I have been back through it over and over.
I have truly enjoyed these posts on feminine dress. They have really inspired me.
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We know the Aspiring Homemaker and her family. Very precious family that loves and lives for the Lord in a very modest way.
I enjoy your postings on the modest clothing.
I am inspired by Mia. I would love to learn from her and her family. Thank you for sharing that, Cindy ~
Thanks for the inspiration today! I really need to work more at this =)
Thank you for these delightful portraits of feminine dress. This was very inspiring. It is amazing how much your attire impacts your demeanor, your energy level, your productivity around the house even! At least it does for me.
Courtney,
I’m glad you like it 
I couldn’t agree more. My desire, though, is that my outward demeanor of peace and joy would come from my heart (and my love of the Lord and family) and not from what I’m wearing, but it is a start
nice post thanks for sharing looking for to visit more..blessings
I LOVE that apron you are wearing holding the eggs. I need one like that. I collect aprons and I am a PINK person. I buy aprons with PINK in them.
I have loved your post on modest dressing. I wish some of the other people I see would take heed to it.
Charlotte!!
There is a pink floral apron giveaway for you! It was just added today! PINK~ yay! I love pink, too!
This series has been such a blessing to me! The Lord has been dealing with me for quiet a while now about dressing in a way that pleases Him. I truly believe there should be a difference in the way a child of God dresses, afterall we are representatives of the King of Kings! I have struggled with wearing skirts all of the time because I don’t want to be frumpy and boring, but you have given me great ideas on how to overcome that! One question… What kind of shoes (and socks/tights) do you wear when the weather gets cooler? It has been easy to wear skirts over the summer but now it’s cooler & I don’t know what to wear on my feet!
Sorry to be so long, but I also want to thank you for being a Titus 2 role model in my own life. There are not many women like you where I’m from & you have been a great inspiration to me! Thank you so much!
Dear Abby,
I have had other comments with the same question in the other posts on Feminine Dress. I am presently working on finding some comfortable and pleasant looking shoes for skirts and dresses. Sometimes, I think the less detailed (ie. the simpler), the better. It draws less attention to our feet. Mine are rather large, so I work to find a shoe that appears smaller somehow!
Yes, let’s be the best representatives we can be for our Lord! Thank you for your great comment! I’ll see what I can do about a shoe post!
Blessings!
Beautiful! Modesty certainly doesn’t have to be frumpy! Most of these photos make me think of a book I really enjoyed as a teen. It was either called Beautiful Girlhood or Beautiful Womanhood.
We have Beautiful Girlhood and will have to pull that out again and re-read portions. I am thankful that this post is encouraging and interesting to so many ladies. Thank you for your kind words, Kendra
I’ve been enjoying this series, dear Jacqueline…even though I haven’t commented on the posts. It’s has been refreshing and encouraging. Thank you.
Hope you’re having a blessed-filled week.
~Lisa
I loved this post and your pics– you’re so pretty!! And I’m looking forward to your post about shoes, because I bet you’ll choose comfort as a requirement!
I love both the aprons and the skirts……so cute! I would love an apron…:)
Could you do a post about modest, yet pretty and attractive swimwear? Many woman I know wear men’s swim trunks, a practice my husband despises. Others wear billowy culottes, which makes me feel like I’m about to sink. I’d love to know what you and your daughter wear. This area really is a struggle for me!
Priscilla,
Welcome! I think we will both bite the bullet and buy a hydro chic suit ($$$) when they go on sale next. It is a hard one to figure out
Thank you so much for the feature of my skirt! It’s in some amazing, beautiful company!
Thanks for this lovely posts, its encouraging and inspiring, most of ur posts describes my kind of wears, being a young lady of 22, some friends thinks im too “not-in-vogue”, they say naomi and her vintage wears, but you have encouraged me to keep d standard and not compromise my decision to be modest. Thanks, I’ll get friends to read this.
This is a rather late comment, considering when this post was written, but I have truly loved this series! I’ve been inspired all over agin and I didn’t even know that was possible.
Also, the photo of Sydney wearing the wellies with the umbrella is sourced via thedaybookblog.com 
Oh, thank you, Sara!
Lord’s Blessings!
And, THANK YOU for your very kind words. I’m so glad it has blessed you, friend!
I will try to see what I can find and link it
I’ve just discovered your lovely blog. I’m with you on the wearing of aprons. I’m pleased, and proud, to wear my Gran’s which she had in the 50′s.
Lovely dresses but I’m a tea shirt and pants person around the house but my daughter wears a lot of dresses and skirts.
Merle……..
Merle,
Sometimes I wear jeans around the house or in the garden, too, but I’m the most comfortable in a skirt. Thanks for stopping by
It’s so nice to meet you! I am so thankful when I find another kindred spirit blog. My sweet friend Tina from the Tea and Wooly Socks linked to you.
I do love this post very much.
I love this series.. I lost my flair for feminine dressing when I had to work.. 5 years of McDonalds managers uniforms… I am home now and looking forward to updating my wardrobe. First thing I did was crochet a shawl.. I love shawls. I am looking forward to reading more of your blog! I have only just begun mine.. still learning!
Gid bless, anita
I was very excited to see the skirt with the pin flowers and the pink blouse. I keep trying to fine pictures of older ladies me being 63 in 3 weeks. I am trying to figure out outfits for me to wear that make me feel feminine instead of old and frumpy. This is the first one I found with an older person giving an example of dressing feminine as a mature older woman. If you know of any other blogs that do this please let me know.
nledford60@gmail.com
Nina
Welcome, Nina!
I am going back to this post to see what you mean, and I will be on the look-out for you! It IS hard! Thanks for stopping by, and It is a delight to see your comment and hear your heart! God bless you, new friend!
Thanks for your replying to me.
For many years I have wanted to dress more in more feminine clothes. My problem is that I have a terrible time finding tops that fit me. I am very busty (38H) and by the time I find a top that isn’t snug around my chest, the neckline is so big, or so low, that it becomes extremely immodest. Even women’s T-shirts seem to be this way and button up tops are not even possible. I usually wind up wearing a mens T-shirt, which I cannot seem to make work with a skirt. Do you have any suggestions? I really would like to dress up a bit more. Thank you.
I love your blog and the pics on modest dress, but I need suggestions for a 65 yr old like me (a grandmother of 24!)
Sherron, We are very close in age…it is hard, but I just keep it simple. Let me think on that ans see if I can ever do a post on clothing for us olders. The problem is pictures that are pleasing and modest to share. Blessings!
I have just discovered your blog and am really enjoying this post. I am 55 and have transitioned to only skirts in the past few years because I am dismayed at the way women are portrayed in the media today. I want to set a feminine example for younger women. One problem I have is length. I am tall and like to wear thrift store finds but they are never long enough. My ankles are not very attractive but so far I haven’t found a soluton other than making my own things which is something I have to learn. I am a fan of Aspiring Homemaker also and saw a skirt that Mia had added a ruffle to the bottom, but I’m not sure if I’m a little too mature for ruffles. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Susan,
I wish I had more answers, but I am working on a post for more dressy right now. I think ruffles are fine for 55, especially for at home wear… it takes a bit of whimsy to pull it off, I think, but can be quite playful! I’m just over 60, so I can relate! Blessings!