Etheldredasplace

Growing up in a family where more than one woman were dress makers, one a milliner, and all were drop-dead stylish, I knew that the season b...

Realizing that Jesus did not wear trousers and Mary did not wear skirts, I am writing about our culture in the last 200 years with regard ...

Zelie and Louis Martin, pray for us OK. I moved from trousers or pants into skirts in the 1970s. The community to which I belonged had a...

More from St. Thomas on Modesty-Part of the Aquinas Series No comment at this point...Thomas on modesty again... 2:2; 1...

Thomas Aquinas and Modesty 3 in the re-post series As I noted in one of the recent posts on modesty, this virtue is connected to t...

NOT CHURCH CLOTHES One would think that a trad blogger would only have to write about modesty in the summer. But, the Chicago experien...

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/11/sexy-selfies-upset-parents-texan-mother?CMP=twt_gu Since when has adolescence been a...

And, Zelie's Roses site is worth visiting.  Here are some of her creations. She does work for international customers and her prices ar...

http://global.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/fashion/06iht-fblack06.html?ref=global   And, now for something completely different. Because my...

Labor Day, a secular holiday in the States, is the end of the summer season. This year, it is Monday, week. Now, I mention this for two ...