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Since April 2nd at the G20 summit in London I’m keeping this image. It’s a long time but elegance doesn’t change, just improves. ;)

What the suits of first ladies have in common?
All are dressing skirts below the knees and blazers with long sleeves, independently of the color. It’s curious to think that they are dressed in accordance to tzniut lengths and this raises a question:

• “Are they elegant because they are dressing skirts and blazers or because they must be elegant they are dressed with this lengths of clothes?”

In this case, the order of the factors does not modify the result, because they are chic!

Queen Elizabeth and Michelle Obama

The point is that tzniut is being discreet and when somebody doesn’t dress tight clothes the attention goes to who the person is and not to how the person seems.

Of course, with tzniut, you will always be adjusted to all occasion, not vulgar, not showy, simply perfect and elegant.

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Why we get dressed? Because the body has physical necessities.

The life that we have implies in a different lifestyle for each one, when we look at great length, but generally, we are all against same things. It means, the work or studies, car or bus to arrive at the places, if it’s day or night and the best example: the weather.

The last text was about what would be best adjusted for each situation, that is, the best clothes for work. This is culture. Now the topic is about what is necessary for the body to get daily survival, that is, physical necessities.

So, with the best example it’s easy to understand: the weather. If it’s very cold, suppose -30 degrees :-P, never ever somebody will go out with a t-shirt. But it doesn’t need this cold to understand that the body needs protection. If there is a travel where there are rocks and snakes, probably we won’t go hehe, or, yes we will go and will dress the more closed shoes existing in the world!

If the clothes satisfies our physical function, the garment is a good product and has his fulfilled aim. Clothes are nothing out of body, so when it is a satisfactory product for our necessities, we buy (although there are other reasons to buy a clothe that we will see later).

When we need to buy some clothes, it is not possible to forget the requirements, our necessities. If you need skirts with tzniut (that is 5 fingers below the knees), don’t buy skirts 3 fingers below the knees, because in the end you are not going to use.

• Make a list with the requirements, that is, which are the circumstances of the occasion that you will be using the clothes. (weather, transport, etc)
• and go with a good and sincere friend.

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Today has two special occasions:

• Rosh Chodesh (First day of the month) Elul
• Shabat, since it’s Friday!

In special occasions, it’s a costume to dress specially beautifully. Here goes a special picture, that all girl I know would ask: “Which blouse must be used with this colored skirt?”

Picture from The Startorialist blog!

It’s possible to notice that the color of the blouse is not any color of the skirt, correct? This is what makes the look possible, otherwise, it seems very much “matched” or worse, it calls attention for only one color.

It’s possible to use white or black, but it’s also going to call very much attention to the skirt. So instead of a strong purple, it’s possible to use weak colors or baby colors, in this case, it’s possible to use any color since all the colors of the skirt are strong.

All this is valid to the hat - or the kissui (covering for head/hair of married women). Choose a different color of the skirt or a weak one.

The shoes? Choose a neutral color. The girl is using beige, but it could be white, black, or gray. Something very neutral.

Shabat Shalom and Chodesh Tov!

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Why we get dressed? First reason of all, is culture.

The body is the way that the thoughts are expressed, that is, it’s possible to feel, see and enjoy different experiences through the body and create them also, for example, speaking, acting and interacting.

This whole idea is about expressing thoughts to acts and to live as human beings.

So, when transformations are worked over the body, they can be,

• necessary like surgeries or treatments
• desired like piercings or make up

these are the first steps to construct culture.

Example: When the baby is a girl, the room is pink, when it’s a boy the room is blue. The child has no choice, and it’s already placed into culture.

Example 2: Indians have a different culture, not what would be called “fashion” (although it is), they paint their face, and this painting means something. Since they had not been born thus, they are constructing their culture.

What is your content, what’s your package?

Since we don’t walk completely naked (as we were born), we are normally using desired transformations - that is everything that improves our appearance, so when choosing clothes, colors, whatever it is, we are affirming a culture.

When girls dress with tzniut, they are affirming the jewish culture. They are choosing skirts and blouses with long sleeves and through this they say they believe the Torah .

When you are choosing your clothes (or acts) you have the power to affirm something you believe, want it or not. Do you believe what you affirming?

Do you at least know what you believe?