You have probably read or followed many writers that give tips on how to be elegant as a lady or something along those lines. Most of these state very good points that I myself follow. Something, though, that isn’t emphasised enough, is how modesty exudes elegance. Modesty, as I understand, is a revelation. Broad as […]
Category Archives: Modest Dressing
Playing Dress-Up: Modest Inspiration by Meda (Guest Post)
Hello! My name is Meda Musafiri, @HowiRockMySkirt on Instagram. I live in Canada but I am of Congolese origin. I am a student and a Health & Policy Administrator Assistant. I love playing the guitar, playing games with my siblings; and reading books based on finances, relationships or leadership. I also love playing dress up […]
Modesty Inspiration – Sister Tariro
My favorite thing about social media is how it connects us to people all over the globe; especially ones with the same interests and values like yours. Instagram has helped me gain some really beautiful friends. One of them is Sister Tariro, a bright, cheerful sister from Zambia 🙂 We started talking when we found […]
Tailored to Perfection
tailor-made adj. 1 (of clothes) made by a tailor for a particular customer. 2 made or adapted for a particular purpose or person. The other day, I went to the Bend-Down Boutique kozipepesa for some retail therapy, and as I was about to finish kusankha my shopping, I noticed skirt yapa hang’ala sold on hangers […]
25: I Am Still Learning
The weeks leading up to my 25th year were the hardest for me. It was like someone had just dropped a tonne of bricks (lol) on me. I started to feel really old, and anxiety kicked in. This time, it wasn’t necessarily “what have you even achieved, Fai?” but, “wow, time is going by so […]
Walk Down Happiness Lane
Happy 2018!!! I finally got round to doing a check-up after I was diagnosed with pneumonia 3 months ago. This involved half of my right lung heavily infected which may have begun while I was doing a survey in Lilongwe. The x-ray shows that both of my lungs are functioning well again. I am completely […]
All things bright and beautiful
Colour. Nothing I love more on an outfit than colour. This blog post combines my post on colour and that on African print . The weather forecast made me feel so down because there was a good chance it would be cloudy and it would rain ? so I decided a bright outfit might cheer me up. […]
Wedding Guest: African Print
So, yesterday my mum just sprung news that we have to attend a wedding that we got invited to, and that she forgot to tell us earlier. I literally had very few minutes to get ready but thank God I had this dress I had made some time back, that I thought was perfect for […]
Sun Fun and Colours
Hi loves! I stepped out again and decided it was a maxi dress kind of day. It’s so sunny this side at the moment, and what better way to enjoy the day than with colours and some denim? The dress is a spaghetti strap maxi dress. Ugh, I hate the fact that most maxi […]
Chiffon Blouses and Black
Yay to my second post on modest style dressing! This was my first time outside after about two weeks, so I was very excited, though I only managed to put this outfit together last minute. I bought the material at Fabric Centre in Limbe. The shop stocks a whole lot of beautiful material […]