Pearls and Queens: July 2014

Thursday, 17 July 2014

STYLE TIPS FOR WET DAYS

Once again our perpetual summer has been interrupted by rain! rain!! rain!!!

But it doesn't have to be gloomy,with clothes and accessories it can feel like summer again!

Just follow our style tips and it can be so much fun!

Wear a rain hat or a rain scarf

Many ladies just see the skies get darker and just think their hair getting messy, but this won’t be a problem anymore with the magic of rain scarves and hats.

Wear rubber shoes and rain boots

Rubber shoes make it easy for you to walk through the wet floor without always being afraid of how much you spent on your favourite leather shoes. Many people find themselves even taking off their shoes to walk through the floods. With rubber shoes and rubber rain boots all this is history, you can just wade through the flood like it’s nothing with a smile on your face J

Rain coats

Young ladies don’t wear rain coats at all everyone thinks it for kids especially in Nigeria, but there are really lovely stylish rain coats for women that make you walk through the rain without bothering about how you forgot your umbrella at home, and your lovely outfit stays dry.

Umbrellas

This is the most common stay-dry tool, we all use it and love it we only have an issue with it when the wind blows heavily and ruins it or we forget it.

Also try using colourful umbrellas to keep you cheerful and “singing through the rain”

Warm Colours and Clothing

Keeping warm is a no brainer but it fun with colourful warm clothing, like brightly coloured sweaters, colourful neck scarves, and colourful outfits.

Stay dry xxx

Picture Sources in order of appearance:

www.beyondretro.com

www.aliexpress.com

www.johnsonsunderwear.co.uk

j-crew ballet jelly flats www.polyvore.com

Melmel rubber sandals global rakuten.com

www.walkstreet.net

Raincoats for women

www.aliexpress.om

www.flyingtortoise.blogspot.com

www.myspaeroom.blogspot.com

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Monday, 14 July 2014

Pearls of Wisdom from a Pearl.

Once in a while our followers will share their thoughts on elegance, style, beauty, and virtues with us feel free to comment and share!

Today we are introducing Antoinette!

Antoinette is an 18 year old pearl who lives in Central United Kingdom she is a lover of God, fashion and everything creative.

She just finished studying Fashion for 2 years at College she said

“I had already decided before starting College that I wanted to start my own Clothing Line, I had dreamed about it for a long time. I will be opening a store next month on Etsy it will be a collection of different handmade garments in unique colours and prints. I have a lot of exciting things planned i'm sure you'll love. I'll be keeping everyone posted on my Blog, Twitter or Instagram.”

She also tells us about her personal style she says

“ I honestly don't have a 'personal style' it's strange one day I will be edgy dressed head to toe in black with biker boots and leather and the next day I will be girly in a bright pink dress with heels. Every day is different my clothing/outfit depends on my mood. The one thing that brings my wardrobe together is modesty.”

Antoinette shares her thoughts on modesty with us, she says

“ Modesty is the first thing on my mind when choosing an outfit. Does this dress rise when I bend over?, Is this maxi skirt too sheer? It's Important!

Modesty has such a negative image nowadays, it's seen as frumpy old fashioned and unfashionable. Some say modesty is a burden, you can't express your individuality, you have so many rules to follow already. Sometimes these comments can get to you, you start to believe them when you look in the mirror. Remember Ladies. Remember who you are dressing for. Your'e a diamond, precious and valuable. Your worth is not measured by how many heads you turn but by how many hearts you help to mend and your selflessness and empathy. Remember.”

You can follow Antoinette on twitter @ApostolicGirlsCloset to find out more about her store and style.

You can also visit her online shop:
http://apostolicgirlscloset.blogspot.co.uk/p/shop.html?m=1

Monday, 7 July 2014

La Mode Chic

When Pearls and Queens saw the poster we just knew we had to go the word “dignity” on the poster just grabbed our attention.

The first talk was given by Mrs Therese Orji - a lawyer who loves fashion and gives seminars on fashion and style. It was titled “dressing with dignity”. she asked “does personal opinion, belief, faith or any guiding principle define good dressing?” , everyone had a chance to say what they thought and the conclusion was that no matter what your personal opinion is or what your belief is, what you wear is a reflection of who you are and how you view yourself as a person. She also made it clear that dressing has a motive whether it is intentional or not. She said

“what you wear sends a message so be sure it is the message you want to send”

The next talk was on “appropriate clothes for different occasions” the talk was given by Miss Mary Ekemezie a lawyer who is a modesty activist, she made it clear that there are clothes that are actually more appropriate than others for different occasions, depending on the style and colour but women should avoid falling into the danger of showing sensitive skin like cleavage, upper arms, belly, thighs, which she says are offensive to anybody irrespective of your religion or personal beliefs. Clothes however should ;

· enhance beauty

· cover up

· fit properly

· be the right colour

· fit the occasion

next we had models wearing clothes for different categories and we could see colours, how to match them and different materials.

Here we have some of the photos from the event, enjoy!

Backstage