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Daily Outfit: Lady in Red

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Sarah Ward

Valentines Day totally had me in the mood for wearing red and after doing the Wear One Piece Five Ways with my red blazer, I remixed it one more time last Sunday.

That morning when I was getting ready, I remembered thinking that I didn’t want to overdress and make other people uncomfortable by wearing a fabulous outfit. I was happy to be proven wrong after I received several lovely compliments. It made me think of my favorite quote by Marianne Williamson from A Return to Love:

Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. … And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Outfit Breakdown

Red earrings – Francesca’s
Red blazer – modbod
Black tank top – Jacob
Red belt – modbod
Watch – Fossil
Black pencil skirt – Jacob
Red shoes – Franco Sarto

Have you had an experience where shining your light has empowered someone else to do the same?

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Dove: Evolution Of A Model

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Sarah Ward

Over the last several years, Dove has begun a Campaign for Real Beauty. They have featured women of all shapes, sizes, colors and ages in magazines confident in their own skin. Through though provoking ads and workshops on embracing confidence, Dove has encouraged women worldwide to look outside the traditional definition of beauty and redefine it for themselves. Learn more about Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty here.

This one minute video by Dove follows the evolution of a model. They take a regular woman, do her hair and make-up, take her picture and then subsequently Photoshop the photos. Please take a moment to watch it.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U

How does this make you rethink the beautiful faces and bodies we emulate in magazines?

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
- Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love